...ately fans the flames for itself and is consumed in the fire. Once the old body was consumed, the phoenix would be reborn from a worm, its marrow, or an eg
...wish legend states that at the end of each 1000-year period, the phoenix's body becomes small and featherless like a baby's and then he grows up all over a
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The head, by human standards, is large in comparison with the body. Facial features show a pair of eyes described as large, sunken or deeply s
...of the legs and feet. Some pathologists indicate that that section of the body was not developed as we would anticipate,showing that some of these beings
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...n during the conversation. Some of the images even appear as a clear "full body" snapshot of the deceased individual, often standing in the foreground of a
...who have identified themselves as nature energies or as beings from "other worlds" (extraterrestrials), while some suggest that the sounds and images seen an
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...ned by C. S. Lewis - A strange, jointed insect consisting of a cylindrical body and many thin legs.
...inhabited by a wide amount of unknown and strange creatures. Luckily, our worlds are now cut off from one another.
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...Shiva without Shakti is Shava." Kali ('''Life Energy''' or Shakti) and the body together are called Shiva. Thus the saying, "Every person is God (Shiva)".
...udra'', or similarly, their legs may be in a ritual pose or ''asana''. The body pose or ''bhanga'' can have special significance, as well as the throne or
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...of the universe and humanity. In modern usage, ''mythology'' is either the body of myths from a particular culture or religion (as in ''Greek mythology'',
...century, in the meaning "an exposition of myths". The current meaning of "body of myths" itself dates to 1781 (OED). The adjective ''mythical'' dates to 1
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...e). See also Eridanos. The Styx forms the boundary between upper and lower worlds.
...nd knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,
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...k on one side and light on the other, symbolizing the boundary between the worlds. The yew has long been associated with the [[Underworld]].
...possibly symbolized by the rope), as well as severing the link between the body and spirit at death. The key is significant to Hecate's role as ''gatekeepe
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'''Jewish mythology''' is a body of stories that explains or symbolizes Jewish beliefs. ''Jewish folklore''
...olklorists And Their Major Contributions'' Peninnah Schram, from ''Opening Worlds of Words'', Peninnah Schram and Cherie Karo Schwartz
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...imad Bhagavatam that souls may experience re-birth in hellish, or heavenly worlds before returning to this Earth again, if their actions have been of a parti
...(Jellinek, l.c. ii. 94, Midr. Teh. to Ps. xi.). When the soul forsakes the body its voice goes from one end of the world to the other, but is not heard (Ge
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...y or occult about this. We have already seen identity shift from matter to body to mind, each of which involved a decentering or dis-identifying with the l
...ng earlier and many modern Rosicrucianists as an [[Plane (cosmology)|inner worlds]] Order, comprised of great "Adepts." When compared to human beings, the co
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...(actually written by him) that purported to reveal a highly secret ruling body called the Palladium which controlled the organization and had a Satanic ag
...flesh on earth, any and all sympathy for them or their cause, outside the worlds of [[Seaven deadly sins|sin]] and rebellion, has ceased. See [http://mercy.
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...a basis for spiritual rectification.<ref> 1, William C. Chittick, Imaginal Worlds: Ibn al-‘Arabī and the Problem of Religious Diversity. Albany, N.Y.: Sta
...hell" will never occur. Similar or related phrases include: "Over my dead body," "When hell freezes over," "A snowball's chance in hell," "When the devil
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These demons were supposed to enter the body and cause the disease while overwhelming or "seizing" the victim (hence "se
...asuras live in Patala above [[Naraka]] ([[Hell]]), one of the three Lokas (worlds, dimensions of existence). The Patala loka exists below Bhu(r)loka (which i
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...h planar or space travel as Krynn is connected to other Dungeons & Dragons worlds (where orcs exist) through the Planescape and Spelljammer settings.
...any similarities between them besides the differences of their origins and body type.
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