Encyclopedia - Solar Deity: Encyclopedia - Solar Deity
A solar deity is a deity who represents the sun, or an aspect of it. People have worshipped the sun and solar deities for all of recorded...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Deity - Hindu Mythology
In the Vedas, numerous hymns are dedicated to Surya, the Sun personified, and Savitar, "the impeller", a solar deity either identified wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Deity - Missing Sun
The "missing sun" motif is a theme in the myths of various cultures. It may have served to explain any of several natural phenomena, incl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ra: Encyclopedia - Ra
Ra (sometimes spelled Rê) is the sun-god of Heliopolis in ancient Egypt. Ra originally meant "mouth" in the Egyptian language, and was a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deity: Encyclopedia - Deity
A deity or a god, is a postulated preternatural being, usually, but not always, of significant power, worshipped, thought holy, divine, o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aryaman: Encyclopedia - Aryaman
Aryaman (अर्यमन्, pronounced as "əryəmən"; nominative singular is aryamā) is one of the Early Vedic deities (devas) of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Deities: Encyclopedia - List Of Deities
This list of deities aims to give information about deities in the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world. It is sort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aditya: Encyclopedia - Aditya
In Hinduism, the Adityas are a group of solar deities, sons of Aditi and Kasyapa. In the Rigveda, they are seven deities of the heavens, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samson: Encyclopedia - Samson
Samson or Shimshon (שִׁמְשׁוֹן "Of the sun" (perhaps proclaiming he was radiant and mighty) or "[One who] Serves [God]", Stand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wi: Encyclopedia - Wi
In Lakota mythology, Wi is one of the most supreme gods. He is a solar deity, and is associated with the American Bison. He is the father...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitra: Encyclopedia - Mitra
Mitra or Mithra or Mithras is an important deity of Persian and Indic culture; he appears in the Vedas as one of the Adityas, a solar dei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crom Cruach: Encyclopedia - Crom Cruach
In Celtic mythology, Crom Cruach was one of the chief gods of Ireland. He may have been a solar deity, but he was definitely a fertility ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malina: Encyclopedia - Malina
Malina is a solar deity in Inuit mythology. She is found most commonly in the legends of Greenland. Legends about Malina link her closely...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ninurta: Encyclopedia - Ninurta
Ninurta 'Lord Plough' in Sumerian and Akkadian mythology was the god of Nippur, identified with Ningirsu with whom he may always have be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ravi: Encyclopedia - Ravi
Ravi may refer to: Ravi (god), a Hindu solar deity. Ravi (music director), a Hindi music director. Ravi (Last Name), Last Name, Spelled ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belobog: Encyclopedia - Belobog
In Slavic mythology, Belabog (alternately Bialbog, Byelobog, Bielobog, Belun, Bylun) (bel-oh-bog | byal-bog | bel-oon, from Slavic bel, b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Surya: Encyclopedia - Surya
In Hinduism, Surya is the chief solar deity, son of Dyaus Pita or Indra. He has hair and arms of gold. His chariot is pulled by seven hor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abellio: Encyclopedia - Abellio
In Continental Brythonic (Gallic) Celtic mythology, Abellio (also Abelio and Abelionni) was a god of apple trees, worshipped in the Garon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sky Father: Encyclopedia - Sky Father
The sky father is a recurring theme in pagan and neopagan mythology. The sky father is the complement of the earth mother and appears in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bast Goddess: Encyclopedia - Bast Goddess
In Egyptian mythology, Bast (also spelt Ubasti, and Pasht) is an ancient goddess, worshipped at least since the Second Dynasty. The centr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marduk: Encyclopedia - Marduk
Marduk Tiamat Agasaya Apsû Bel Kingu Mummu Nabu Namtar Nintu Sarpanit Tammuz Enûma Elish Atra-Hasis Marduk [mär'dook] (Sumerian s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian Aboriginal Mythology: Encyclopedia - Australian Aboriginal Mythology
The indigenous peoples of Australia can be classified into hundreds of language groups and clans. For this reason it is incorrect to clas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia - Religion
Religion (see etymology below) —sometimes used interchangeably with faith or belief system—is commonly defined as belief concerning t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Deity - Chinese Mythology
Unlike many other cultures, the Chinese do not personify nor worship the sun or the moon. The most likely reason is the heavy influence o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Deity - Missing Sun
The "missing sun" motif is a theme in the myths of various cultures. It may have served to explain any of several natural phenomena, incl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Deity - Chinese Mythology
Unlike many other cultures, the Chinese do not personify nor worship the sun or the moon. The most likely reason is the heavy influence o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ra: Encyclopedia Ii - Ra - Deity Status
From the fifth dynasty (ca. 2400 BC) onward he was elevated to the status of a national deity, and much later was combined with the Theba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Deity - Relation With Humanity
Some are thought to be invisible or inaccessible to humans— to dwell mainly in otherworldly, remote or secluded and holy places, such a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Deity - Religion
Main article: religion. Theories and narratives about, and modes of worship of, gods are largely a matter of religion. At present, the va...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ra: Encyclopedia Ii - Ra - Solar Barge
In order to pass through Duat (the underworld) each night, so that he might rise in the morning, the fiery Ra was compelled to use a boat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sun Cross: Encyclopedia Ii - Sun Cross - Modern Symbolism And Political Use
The sun cross proper most commonly represents the sun and the seasonal cycles of the year. In astronomy, a similar astronomical symbol is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sun Cross: Encyclopedia Ii - Sun Cross - Origins
The Neolithic symbol combining cross and circle is the simplest conceivable representation of the union of opposed polarities in the West...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sun Cross: Encyclopedia Ii - Sun Cross - Design
The basic sun cross is an unadorned cross inscribed within a plain circle. However, there are a variety of images incorporating crosses a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Savitr: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Savitr
savitr: vedic solar deity   (See also: savitr , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul) &nbs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sun Cross: Encyclopedia Ii - Sun Cross - Design
The basic sun cross is an unadorned cross inscribed within a plain circle. However, there are a variety of images incorporating crosses a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sun Cross: Encyclopedia Ii - Sun Cross - Origins
The Neolithic symbol combining cross and circle is the simplest conceivable representation of the union of opposed polarities in the West...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sun Cross: Encyclopedia Ii - Sun Cross - Modern Symbolism And Political Use
The sun cross proper most commonly represents the sun and the seasonal cycles of the year. In astronomy, a similar astronomical symbol is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samson: Encyclopedia Ii - Samson - In Rabbinic Literature
Rabbinical literature identifies Samson with Bedan; Bedan was a Judge mentioned by Samuel in his farewell address (1 Samuel 12:11) among ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samson: Encyclopedia Ii - Samson - In Rabbinic Literature
Rabbinical literature identifies Samson with Bedan; Bedan was a Judge mentioned by Samuel in his farewell address (1 Samuel 12:11) among ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Savitri: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Savitri
Savitri: The divine Solar deity, or the vitalizing power behind the visible sun, immortalized in the Gayatri Mantra.   (See als...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adityas: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Adityas
Adityas: Solar deities, the greatest of which is Vishnu.       (See also: Adityas , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adityas: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Adityas
Adityas: Solar deities, the greatest of which is Vishnu.   (See also: Adityas , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samson: Encyclopedia Ii - Samson - Biblical Story
Samson is said to have lived during the period when the Israelites were oppressed by the power of the Philistines. At this time an angel ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samson: Encyclopedia Ii - Samson - Biblical Story
Samson is said to have lived during the period when the Israelites were oppressed by the power of the Philistines. At this time an angel ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samson: Encyclopedia Ii - Samson - Samson As Myth
Samson - Samson's name and birthplace. In the Hebrew text that English translations of the book of Judges are based on, Samson is named...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samson: Encyclopedia Ii - Samson - Samson's Life
Samson - Samson's name and birthplace. In the Hebrew text which English translations of the book of Judges are based on, Samson is name...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Life-death-rebirth Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Life-death-rebirth Deity - The Internal Approach
By the Victorian era, the solar-phallic ideas of Payne Knight along with the less risqué work of scholars like Max Müller had taken str...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sun Worship: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sun Worship
Sun Worship All ancient pantheons contain a deity associated with the sun, so that the reverence and worship paid to the sun was ritua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aten: Encyclopedia Ii - Aten - Overview
Viewing the Aten as Akhenaten's god is actually a simplification. Aten was the focus of Akhenaten's religion. Aten is the name given to r...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Supporters: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Supporters
Supporters The cosmocratores, rectores mundi, Pillars of the World, exemplifying the Scandinavian ases and the planetary spirits of ce...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sun: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sun
Sun The central focus of radiating energy, physical and spiritual, of any solar system. In our solar system the sun is one of several ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gayatri: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Gayatri
Gayatri: the most sacred verse in the Vedas (Rg III, 62:10) that invokes the Solar Deity, Savitri, for wisdom in daily living. It has ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Karneios: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Karneios
Karneios (Greek) Carneus (Latin) Title of Apollo; like Krishna, who is also mystically an imbodiment of a solar spiritual force, this ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sokaris: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Sokaris
Sokaris (Egypt, Egyptian). A fire-god; a solar deity of many forms. He is Ptah Sokaris, when the symbol is purely cosmic, and "Pt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boryslav: Encyclopedia Ii - Boryslav - History
The area of modern town of Boryslav has been inhabitated at least since the Bronze Age. There are remnants of a pagan shrine from 1st mil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thanesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Thanesar - Religious & Historical Importance
Thanesar derives its name from the words "Sthaneshwar" which means the abode of God. The Sthaneshwar Mahadev Temple, whose presiding deit...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Assur: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Assur
Assur (Chaldean or Assyrian) (from a-shir leader)   Also Asur, Ashur. Originally the titular deity of an ancient Assyrian city of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apep: Encyclopedia Ii - Apep - Development
Apep formed part of the more complex cosmic system resulting from the identification of Ra as Atum, i.e. the creation of Atum-Ra, and the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Shu
Shu (Egyptian) [from shu dry, parched]   The Egyptian god of light, popularly associated with heat and dryness, and the ethereal ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abraxas: Spiritual Dictionary On Abraxas
Abraxas: A popular magical deity in the ancient world, Abraxas (also called Abrasax) was depicted on classical amulet gems as a humanl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sun: Encyclopedia Ii - Sun - Human Understanding Of The Sun
Mankind's most fundamental understanding of the Sun is as the luminous disk in the heavens whose presence above the horizon creates day, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bela-shemesh: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Bela-shemesh
Bela-Shemesh (Chald. Heb.). "The Lord of the Sun", the name of the Moon during that period when the Jews became in turn sola...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Phoebus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Phoebus
Phoebus (Greek) Pure, bright, radiant, beaming; the solar regent, and in Latin mystic mythology the sun god, offspring of Zeus and Lat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ammon-ra: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ammon-ra
Ammon-Ra (Greek) Amen-Ra (Egyptian) When the princes of Thebes had conquered all rival claimants to the sovereignty of Egypt and estab...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bacchus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Bacchus
Bacchus (Greek) Used by both Greeks and Romans, also called Dionysos by the Greeks, Liber by the Romans, Zagreus in the Orphic mysteri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Marduk: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Marduk
Marduk (Babylonian) Also Merodach (Hebrew) Patron deity of ancient Babylon, the local Bel (lord) of later times. Originally a solar de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Golden Bough: Encyclopedia Ii - The Golden Bough - Subject Matter
The Golden Bough attempts to define what almost all primitive religions share with each other, and with modern religions such as Christia...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abraxas, Abrasax: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Abraxas, Abrasax
Abraxas or Abrasax (Gn.). Mystic words which have been traced as far back as Basilides, the Pythagorean, of Alexandria, AD. 90. He use...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sura, Suras: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sura, Suras
Sura, Suras (Sanskrit) Used in the Vedas for gods in general, equivalent to devas; originally solar deities, as is shown by the name s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ninib: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ninib
Ninib (Babylonian) A Chaldean deity originally with solar attributes, especially prominent at Shirgulla, where he was closely associat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Religion And Other Approaches To Forming Beliefs About The Nature Of The Universe
Humans have many different methods which attempt to answer fundamental questions about the nature of the universe and our place in it (co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Approaches To Relating To The Beliefs Of Others
Adherents of particular religions deal with the differing doctrines and practices espoused by other religions in a variety ways. All stra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Earth: Encyclopedia Ii - Earth - Descriptions Of Earth
Earth has often been personified as a deity, in particular a goddess (see Gaia and Mother Earth). The Chinese earth goddess Hu-Tu is simi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Earth: Encyclopedia Ii - Earth - Descriptions Of Earth
Earth has often been personified as a deity, in particular a goddess (see Gaia and Mother Earth). The Chinese Earth goddess Hu-Tu is simi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Approaches To The Study Of Individual Religions
Religion - Methods of studying religion subjectively in relation to one's own beliefs. These include efforts to determine the meaning a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Whirlwind: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Whirlwind
Whirlwind A gyrating wind; in theosophy, when applied to the movements of a universe, a name for the moving of the Great Breath and fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Etymology
The origins of the word "religion" have been debated for centuries. Some explanations for the origin of the word are: re-reading--from L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Etymology
The origins of the word "religion" have been debated for centuries. Some explanations for the origin of the word are: re-reading--from L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Development Of Religion
There are several models for understanding how religions develop. Models which view religion as untrue include: The "Dogma Selection Mo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nergal: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nergal
Nergal (Chaldean) The Chaldean deity presiding over the realms of the dead. The entrance to his domain was through a large subterranea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ammon: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ammon
Ammon (Greek) Amen (Egyptian) Also Amun, Amon. In the Egyptian 5th dynasty, Amen and his consort Ament were among the primeval gods, m...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Underworld: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Underworld
Underworld Classical mythology divides the universe into the heavens, the earth, and the underworld, each presided over by its particu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yod, Yodh: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Yod, Yodh
Yod, Yodh (Hebrew) The tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet representing the number 10. A great deal has been written about this Hebrew...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Akhenaton: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Akhenaton
Akhenaton (Egyptian, "he who acts effectively for the invisible solar disk") Pharaoh of Egypt ca. 1350 to 1334 BC, often cal...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nu, Noo: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nu, Noo
Nu or Noo (Egyptian) The primeval cosmic deep, described in the Egyptian creation as a watery mass in a state of perduring, intense ac...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kneph, Knouphis: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kneph, Knouphis
Kneph or Knouphis (Egyptian) An alternative form of the deity Khnum or Khnemu, associated with Egyptian cosmogony. One of the gods of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kosmos: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kosmos
Kosmos (from Greek kosmos order, universe)   The universe, equivalent to the Latin mundus. Theosophy contemplates an infinite ser...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agni-vishnu-surya, Agni-visnu-surya: Theosophy Dictionary On Agni-vishnu-surya, Agni-visnu-surya
Agni-Vishnu-Surya Agni-Visnu-Surya (Sanskrit) (from agni fire + vishnu from the verbal root vis or the verbal root vish to pervade + s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atef: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Atef
Atef (Egyptian) Father; the Atef-crown was one of the crowns of Osiris (also of Khnum, less frequently of other deities) and of some k...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sakti: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Sakti
A Theosophical definition of Sakti :   Sakti (Sanskrit) A term which may be briefly defined to mean one of what in modern Occul...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bel: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Bel
Bel (Chald.). The oldest and mightiest god of Babylonia, one of the earliest trinities, - Anu (q.v.) ; Bel, "Lord of the World&qu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Horus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Horus
Horus (Latin) Heru (Egyptian) (from heru above)   Egyptian deity associated with the sun god Ra, equivalent in certain respects t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Horsusi: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Horsusi
Horus (Latin) Heru (Egyptian) (from heru above)   Egyptian deity associated with the sun god Ra, equivalent in certain respects t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Heart: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Heart
Heart The heart is the seat in the human body of buddhic consciousness, corresponding to the anahata chakra which is ruled by the plan...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hawk: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hawk
Hawk Symbol associated in ancient Egypt with the sun; whenever there was an emphasis placed on solar worship the hawk was usually pres...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gandharvas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Gandharvas
Gandharvas (Sanskrit) Hindu devas or divinities called celestial singers or musicians. Esoterically they are intermediaries between th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Havyavahana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Havyavahana
Hawk Symbol associated in ancient Egypt with the sun; whenever there was an emphasis placed on solar worship the hawk was usually pres...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hearing: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hearing
Heart The heart is the seat in the human body of buddhic consciousness, corresponding to the anahata chakra which is ruled by the plan...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nimbus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nimbus
Nimbus (Latin) A cloud, a luminous atmosphere surrounding a high adept or deity when appearing on earth. In Oriental and Christian art...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shamash: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Shamash
Shamash (Chaldean) The sun as one of the seven planets, also the Assyrian and Babylonian sun god, regarded as the all-pervading spirit...   » Read the article