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...kijimunaa is representative of the spiritual power of trees in the Ryukyu belief system.

...who went out of style after Christian missionaries came to Ireland and the belief faded into memory. Some think that Crom Dubh has become the Irish faery 'th

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...they often became seen as sorcerous figures. This may be influenced by the belief that millers yearly drown a drunk passerby as an offering to the vodianoi. Ivanits, Linda. Russian Folk Belief. M.E. Sharpe, Inc: New York, 1989.

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'''Tlaloc''', also known as '''Nuhualpilli''', in Aztec belief, was the god of rain and fertility. He was greatly feared among the Aztecs, ==Main Belief==

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In Melanesian belief (San Christoval, Ulawa, southern Mala island), '''adaro''' is the the bad p

...men to honor them, as snow is believed to be brought by the sky women. One belief has it that the thunder and lightning of springtime are brought on by Sky W

===Main Belief=== ...can, perhaps, be best explained by the essential reality of the underlying belief to those who held it, from the heathen period through the time of our own g

...in the afterlife. One of the most prominent and well-known aspects of this belief is the concept of jigoku, or "hell." The idea of jigoku plays an important The belief in jigoku also played an important role in the development of the Japanese

...mpel people to go out to them in the dark forest to be devoured. A similar belief is found in Abyssinia.

The Dahomeans have essentially the same belief, but they call this type of witch the [[asiman]].

...vac was widespread in Bosnia, western Serbia, Šumadija and in Kosovo. Also belief in Drekavac and similar creatures (Bukavac) was well spread in Vojvodina an ...ften used as a child scare, in a similar way a bogeyman is in the West but belief in it has faded, and Baba Roga, which more closely resembles western bogeym

...surrection. Upholders of philosophical rationalism also generally consider belief in ghosts to be a superstition. Still, the fear of ghosts is widespread eve The belief in and fear of ghosts and other supernatural beings, such as spirits and [[

''Neuntoter'' translates as ''killer in the night'' given the belief that it takes nine full days for the vampire to develop in his coffin or to

The belief in vampire fruit is similar to the belief that any inanimate object left outside during the night of a full moon will :The belief in vampires of plant origin occurs among Gs. [Gypsies] who belong to the Mo

Some northern Albanian mountain tribes hold the belief that an undead or vampire, which they call either a '''kukuthi, kukudhi'''

...e revenant became pre-occupied with counting these. The same practices and belief here concerning seeds and such occurs in Eastern Europe and, at least to so ...es the corpse was cremated. But then a ball of thread is burned with it in belief that the woman's spirit will be so occupied with unwinding the ball that sh

In the vicinity of Hanover, Germany the Wends (Western Slavs) had belief in a special type of vampire which they called the '''doppelsauger''', a Ge

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...ne'' (translated as The Forbidden Forest), includes references to the folk belief about skies opening at night, as well as to paranormal events happening in ...tion of the man they are to marry (ursitul, "the fated one"). Another folk belief is that during the Sânziene night, the heavens open up, making it an adequ

==Main belief== ...n Neo- spiritual and religious movements such as "Druidry" and Ásatrú. The belief in spiritual beings, particularly ghosts, is almost universal to human cult

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A belief held by many Charismatic and Pentecostal Christians and promoted by Kingdom This belief has been promoted by the popularity of the Christian novel ''This Present D

==Main Belief== This belief also seems to have become muddled up with the idea that [[witch]]es rode in

In the Aztec belief system the day of a persons birth calculated in the Tonalpohualli would det ...ncept is wholly imported from Europe, where he compares it to the medieval belief in werewolves. This assumption has been all but rejected, however, since in

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==Main Belief== ...n her partner, for he couldn’t bear to stay far from her. Because of that, belief spread that she was destructive.

The main belief states that they are the souls of the ancient Druids, which, being too good

According to the Visayan belief, Kataws belong to a higher hierarchy compared to other water and sea creatu

...e sacred animal of the sun goddess Saule that symbolizes fertility. With a belief that it would bring good harvest and wealth, people keep it as a pet near t

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According to Scandinavian Folk Belief and Legend (eds. Reimund Kvideland and Henning K. Sehmsdorf), the oskorei i

According to Christian Greek folk belief, a child born during Christmas (Dec 25) and the Epiphany (Jan. 6) will beco

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...16th century. Pirates of that era were often from the British Isles, where belief in faeries was quite common, especially amongst those of lower socio-econom

==Religions/Belief== ...Banyuwangi, and places all along the south coast of Java. There is a local belief that wearing a green garment in these areas will anger her and will bring m

...l orientation and dig their feet into the ground for stability. It is this belief that gives the species its name. ...years. Sir Thomas Browne, writing in the 17th century, recorded a popular belief that British badgers (popularly referred to back then as "brocks") had legs

...possible that the whole superstition may be a corruption of the Gold Coast belief in the sisa. ...The poor child screams with pain, but the mother hardens her heart in the belief that the Abiku is suffering equally.

According to Euhemerist belief, all gods were living men. Vahagn came from the ranks of Armenian kings and

...s of the dwarves (dvergar) in Norse mythology lived on in the Scandinavian belief in vættir. They were thought to be similar in appearance to humans, even s ...al values of the Romantic Era. These stories reflected the animistic 'folk belief' that preserved earlier elements deriving from the Viking Era but strongly

...nt or belief of a group or person, be sure you attribute that statement or belief to them. This is not necessary for beliefs that are considered very common

The most popular belief regards Annwn as the supernatural, or the invisible, world and later perhap ==Main Belief==

...l lycanthropy''' is a rare psychiatric syndrome that involves a delusional belief that the affected person is, or has, transformed into an animal. It is name Affected individuals report a delusional belief that they have transformed, or are in the process of transforming into anot

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...f time. Currently this state is called ''sleep paralysis'', but in the old belief the subject had been ''hagridden''. ==Main Belief==

Belief in the [[Hell]] wain as the wagon in which were borne the souls of the dead

Regions where belief in psychic vampires is common include Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, Some North American Indian cultures, such as the Hopi, also share this belief.

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Arising mainly in the Heian period, the belief was that the spirits of powerful lords, especially those who have been mart

...in his way; but doubly so the unfortunate who attempts to mount him in the belief that he is an ordinary steed, for after a fiery gallop he will be precipita

...y surprise or force. Dusii continue to play a role in the magico-religious belief systems of Gaul and Francia as a type of incubus in early-medieval paganism ...y, was converted to Christianity by Welsh missionaries. His vita records a belief among his fellow Picards in northwest Gaul that the dusi, called maones in

...eneration’s acceptance of these stories as being literally true, and their belief in aitu, are markedly less pronounced than that of their elders. Neverthele A common belief holds that when an aitu enters a living body, it does so through the armpit

...e word huma in the Persian language stands for a fabulous bird. There is a belief that if the huma bird sits for a moment on someone's head it is a sign that

...n who died first was labeled to be the cause of the group's death. Another belief was that if a person's name was not removed from his burial clothing, that It was the belief in Bavaria that the Nachzehrer could be created if an individual was born w

According to the belief of the early people, eclipse occurs when the Minokawa swallows the sun. It

Sickle cell anaemia might have contributed to this belief, as the inheritance of the disease within families may have led people to c

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...word which has been used over the years to describe a number of different belief systems in a number of contexts. People claiming to be Satanists, or outsid ...Vey rejects the Black Mass, [[Zoosadism|cruelty to animals]], or a literal belief in (or worship of) Satan, instead considering Satan as the human instinct w

==Afterlife as a belief== ...ultures past and present, have contained some belief in an afterlife. This belief is usually manifested in a [[religion]], as it pertains to phenomena beyond

...]], [[legend]]s, [[oral history]], proverbs, jokes, [[superstition|popular belief]]s current among a particular population, comprising the [[oral tradition]] ...nt the authentic spirit, tradition, and identity of the German people; the belief that there can be such authenticity is one of the tenets of the romantic na

*The first reference to the sea serpent may be the belief of Native Americans, predating western settlement of the area, that an evil

...ch some scholars believe may be evidence of syncretism of a ''fiery lake'' belief, from an as yet unidentified elsewhere. In still another version, Ammut at

==Main Belief== :"It is a popular belief that most of the dead, those who have lived bad lives or who have been exco

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...y Chaigidel, Chaigidiel, or Oghiel), Confusion of the Power of God, in the belief system of Kabbalah, is the name of the [[Qliphoth]] corresponding to the Se

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...kert remarks (Burkert III.3.3) "is deeply rooted not only in poetry but in belief and ritual; the worship of these deities is limited only by the fact that t ...cted. However, many of these distinctions may not have existed in popular belief at any time, being late inventions. As <span id="_ref-Rose1959">[[#_note-R

...e comes from ''Draumkvedet'', written near the end of the middle ages. The belief itself might be considerably older, though there exists no proof for this.

...bo) or Priest (Houngan) or sometimes Bokor (Sorcerers). Part of the Voodoo belief is that loa communicate with followers through possession. The possession, According to this belief, the medium cannot feel pain or become injured while possessed. The loa spe

==Main Belief== ...'s book on the folklore of Dunstable, published in 1910, stating ''Another belief is that there are ghostly black dogs, the size of large retrievers, about t

...n the Peruvian and Bolivian altiplano have been attacked by natives in the belief that they were Pishtacos. The work of anthropologists has been stymied beca

Ryūjin shinkō 竜神信仰 "dragon god faith" is a form of Shinto religious belief that worships dragons as water kami. It is connected with agricultural ritu

Belief in the [[vampire]] '''Tlahuelpuchi''' (plural tlahuelpocmimi) is prominent

...es until assured by the management that the knockers were already on duty. Belief in the knockers remained well into the 20th century. When one large mine cl ...sterious nature of mining may have led the Cornish miners to develop their belief in the tommyknockers - a superstition that helped explain the unexplainable

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...This was interpreted as the Tzitzimimeh attacking the sun, this caused the belief that during a solar eclipse, the tzitzimime would descend to the earth and

...out a rite of exorcism. The mystic Isaac ben Solomon Luria helped promote belief in dybbukim with his doctrine of the transmigration of souls. The folkloris ...uding the Safed circle headed by Isaac Luria. When Hasidism developed, the belief took final hold. There is a vast body of Jewish literature that dwells on t

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By the end of November, belief in the painting's curse was widespread enough that The Sun was organising m

...his concept of spirit and that of the pre-existing or eternal soul because belief in souls is specific and far less common, particularly in traditional socie ...The experience of such a connection can be a primary basis for spiritual belief. The term ''spirit'' has been used in this sense by at least Anthroposophy

A '''Superstition''' is the [[Irrationality|irrational]] belief that [[future]] events are influenced by specific behaviors, without having *Commercial buildings don't have 13th floor,following the belief of its bad luck.Instead,some name the storey as floor 12.5.

*A.I. Bewaji, John. ''OLODUMARE: GOD IN YORUBA BELIEF AND THE THEISTIC PROBLEM OF EVIL.'', University of Florida, Gainesville, Ap

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...o say that they believe Oro to be a powerful Orisha, and to act up to that belief.

...uctured society. Some ethnologists and folklorists suggest it relates to a belief in deities (or spirits) coming from abroad to take away misfortune and brin

...' 'the House of the Gorics,' the country-folk in this district holding the belief that its megalithic monuments were reared by these manikins, whom they desc

In an open letter sent to the education board, Henderson professes belief in a supernatural creator called the Flying Spaghetti Monster which resembl

Whichever the underlying belief, they are almost always depicted as troublesome and destructive. They were

...caves. Retired Opeongo High School geography teacher Stew Jack thinks that belief in Mussie's existence may be caused by hallucinogenic qualities of the lake

...stinguish), shape shifting, and human speech - all of which encourages the belief that hyena may have contributed to the original myth of the crocotta.

...nce with it, are considered powerful. In modern Islamic Malay culture, the belief in Hantu Raya is no longer valid, but rather it is identified with a demon,

...Red Fox'' and ''Hondo Kitsune'', and they are both related to mythological belief in Japasese [[folklore]]. ==Main Belief==

* This belief is recorded in ''The Book of Imaginary Beings'' by [[Jorge Luis Borges]].

Some say that toyol has its origins from Mecca near the Kaaba (the belief refers to the Pre-Islamic Era where the Arabs used to kill their children a

...the undifferentiated sea from which the world was created in the Sumerian belief system. The word also appears in the Christian scriptures, occurring six ti Abyzou is featured in a major text of modern Luciferianism, a belief system that venerates Lucifer. In The Bible of the Adversary by Michael For

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Bakweri belief talks of a female deity named Mojili or Mojele. Mojili became the progenito ...se_ape_a.html Ardener, Edwin (1975). "Man, Mouse, Ape and Water Spirit". ''Belief and the Problem of Women''.]

...uman evolution or possessing paranormal abilities such as telepathy to the belief that they are simply more empathic and creative than their peers.

Vilas shoot, according to popular belief, deadly arrows at men, and sometimes carry off children, whom their mothers

...better be called "widely dispersed misinformation", such as the erroneous belief that you will automatically pass all of your college courses in a semester ==Propagation and belief ==

...s led to speculation that Crowley embroidered the event to support his own belief system. Crowley himself claimed, in a footnote to the account in Liber 418,

A belief from the Leskovac region states the ala is a monster with an enormous mouth By a belief recorded in the Homolje region, ale that charge to the Moon also display sh

In Melanesia there is a belief in the '''tamaniu''' or atai which is an animal counterpart to a person wit

Belief in the bouda is also present in Sudan, Tanzania and Morocco where the Berbe

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*Demetrio, Francisco (1969). ''The Engkanto Belief: An Essay in Interpretation''. Asian Folklore Studies 28

...dinavia, some fishermen were said to have commanded the wind this way. The belief in controlling the wind by tying it goes back to the legends of ancient Gre

...and half fish, like mermaids, the belief in whom is quite analogous to the belief of the ancients in the existence of the Nereides.

In folk belief and practice, the aos sí are often propitiated with offerings, and care is

...Swedish people naturalist and author Bengt Sjögren (1980), the present day belief in lake monsters in for example Loch Ness, is associated with the old legen

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==Main Belief== The Toltecs had a dualistic belief system.

Chinese dragons are strongly associated with water in popular belief. They are believed to be the rulers of moving bodies of water, such as wate

...re in the Trevi fountain. Katharine Shepard found in the theme an Etruscan belief in a sea-voyage to the other world.

...lf to take vengeance on those who refuse him alms. Somewhat similar is the belief of the Khonds; for them the tiger is friendly, and he reserves his wrath fo

There are variety of Bigfoot in Garo belief and tales. They are :

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...hese stories, Germanic, Scythian, and Greek, reflect a Proto-Indo-European belief about the monsters guarding the entrance to the otherworld, who engage in b

...d to farm animals in general, but his most treasured animal was the horse. Belief had it that you could see which horse was the tomte's favourite as it would The belief in a tomte's tendency to bring riches to the farm by his unseen work could

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...to Aatxegorri and including him as an important entity in the pantheon and belief system of the pagan Basque."

The general belief is that an inugami is created by tying a dog and placing a bowl of food jus

In Northern England, at least, there was the belief that the boggart should never be named, as when the boggart was given a nam

...e an incision into the head of the game, or ate a piece from it. Thus, the belief was, that public partaking in a dangerous thing reduces the danger, that is

...ing represents duty (義)，the back represents propriety (禮) the abdomen says belief (信) and the chest represents mercy (仁). If a phoenix was used to decora

..., is a rare neuropsychiatric disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that he or she is dead, does not exist, is putrefying or has lost his/her b

...e suspected of causing harm in the community by way of supernatural means. Belief in witches of this sort has been common among most of the indigenous popula There has also existed in popular belief the concept of '''white witches''' and '''white witchcraft''', which is str

The name Ogopogo is a palindrome. Contrary to popular belief, it did not come from an Indian name for the creature. In ''Ogopogo: The Ok

...f time. Currently this state is called ''sleep paralysis'', but in the old belief the subject had been ''[[nightmare|hagridden]]''. [http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/

Another belief was that Mephistophiles was an angel that assisted God in the creation of t

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...ccepted scripture or tradition. Mainly, his concept of Apocatastasis, the belief that all beings (humans, fallen angels, demons and Satan) will return to Go This belief involves [[Lucifer]]'s rebellion against God, well known amongst Christians

...essions and collect substantial sums of money. He acted under the mistaken belief that police needed a body before they could bring a charge of murder. Conse ...emains. He then won another scholarship, his parents having switched their belief from the nonconformist brethren to the high church of Wakefield Cathedral,

...chen < *dyən 宸 "imperial palace; mansion". The latter ones, reflecting the belief that dragons cause rainfall and thunder, include zhen < *tyən 震 "thunder

...lith]] was female). In [[Christian demonology]] and theology, although the belief in [[Incubus (demon)|incubi]] and [[Succubus|succubi]] is accepted, the mat ...shed that sexual relationships between demons and humans were an essential belief for Christians. But its authors considered also the possibility that demons

It is currently unknown where this belief originated from, but it may have come from Greece. The people, tired of th ...house without first being invited most likely originates from a Christian belief that Satan cannot go where he isn’t welcome.

...schiefs of the Shaitan and temptations he puts them in. A commonly shared belief in both Islam and Christianity is that the universal existence of evil in p

...supernatural even during pre-colonial times (for example, the "white lady" belief is prevalent in the East and Southeast Asian regions), though the character

...adamant that some large species of eels were the culprits. So powerful is belief in Inknayamba's mastery of the lake, that a white S.African who once visite

...ame, using bites instead of pinches, often aimed at the victims face. This belief in beings attacking people in their sleep was used as a warning against goi

...have glimpsed in the depths of mirrors. According to Herbert Allen Giles, belief in the Fish is part of a larger myth that goes back to the times of the Yel

With the exception of the Romanian belief that a [[dhampir]], offspring of a vampire and its human partner, could be

*Lore : countries where the belief of the monster is/was present

...t to assume that Eurynome the Oceanid is the same Oceanid of ancient Greek belief mentioned in all the classical sources.

Although belief in them is starting to wane, there are still plenty of South Americans who

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...line between what the Western mind passes off as a strange or alternative belief and what is considered a [[mental illness]] is indistinct. ...on descriptions being of a spiritual bond, the soul of an animal within, a belief that they have an atypical or [[atavistic]] neurology, or an emotional shad

...arly influenced by popular conception in the direction of Folk-Medicine. A belief in the [[Evil eye]] was also prevalent in Talmudic times, and occasionally ...ecifically Jewish corollary to the veneration of Jerusalem. Or, again, the belief that any piece of iron will turn rusty if exposed on the four "tekufot," or

The belief in the reality of lindworms persisted well into the 19th century in some pa

...The supernatural concept is generally identified with religion or other [[belief]] systems &mdash; though there is much debate as to whether a supernatural ...tural events in an attempt to cope with fear and ignorance. Sometimes this belief overlaps with that of the supernatural being of a higher nature.

*Another theory is the "mystery submarine", based on a local belief that an unknown sub is prowling the lake's depths.

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...igious issues regarding the lance used at the Crucifixion in [[Christian]] belief. For the elaborate [[mythology]] surrounding this relic and modern legend,

...f) a person or object. The practice is quite ancient and still part of the belief system of many religions. ...y Jesus. Because of this precedent, [[demonic possession]] was part of the belief system of Christianity since its beginning, and exorcism is still a recogni

...zombie''' is traditionally an [[undead]] person in the Caribbean spiritual belief system of [[voodoo]]. Essentially a dead body re-animated by unnatural mean Others have discussed the contribution of the victim's own belief-system, possibly leading to compliance with the attacker's will, and causin

Belief in these mine spirits was once widespread especially in Celtic areas which

* Emlyn Williams, ''Beyond Belief: A Chronicle of Murder and its Detection'', 1968, Random House.

...er that accepting unsubstantiated sightings without skepticism is itself a belief. As in other fields, cryptozoologists tend to be responsible for disproving

Despite popular belief, Hecate was not originally a Greek goddess. She is unknown to Homer and in ==Main Belief==

...erials freely and easily. This aggravated an already established but false belief that, if something is available through a free source, it must be public do ...ic support for these companies' efforts is significantly undermined by the belief that they are receiving their "just desserts" for decades of price-gouging

When Christianity ascended one of the many thrones of human belief, early church fathers assigned the Queen of Night her own Army of Hell whic

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Linda Ivanits, Russian Folk Belief. Armonk, N.Y. and London: M.E. Sharpe, 1989.

The general belief respecting them is, that they were great princesses who, having refused to

...this belief began in Denmark and spread through out the Norse culture. The belief was founded on the idea that the dead only enter through the way they left.

...ms of life imprisonment. The trial judge said that Brady was wicked beyond belief and beyond hope of redemption, hinting that he should never be released. * Beyond Belief: the Moors Murderers, Emlyn Williams, Pan 1992, ISBN 0-330-02088-9

...to the Swedish naturalist and author Bengt Sjögren (1980), the present day belief in lake-monsters in for example Loch Ness, is associated with the legends o

...rshipped exhibited white patterning on their mainly black bodies, and so a belief grew up that the Apis bull had to have a certain set of markings suitable t

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...low, and holly. This modern tradition appears to be based on pre-Christian belief that some plants are sacred. Additionally, a line of salt is sometimes said

...of the Ojibway, a branch of the Algonquin people. These people held the belief that Mishipeshu controlled the various lakes and rivers that could be found

Belief in and worship of the Horned God waned almost to extinction by the 19th cen

...oto-Germanic ''*-innja'').<ref>'''Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity''' By [[Alaric Hall]], Published by Boydell Pr ...re aluen(e) and eluen(e). <ref>'''Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity''' By Alaric Hall, Published by Boydell Press,

Belief is quite strong in oni, and in fact as recently as the last century governm

...uote>In the case at bar, defendant seller deliberately fostered the public belief that her home was possessed. Having undertaken to inform the public at larg

...klore, the Black Dog of Death is also called the ''Tchico'', but a related belief in the ''Tchian d'Bouôlé'' (Black Dog of Bouley) tells of a phantom dog w

The belief in incubi and succubae (and their ability to procreate) seem to have inspir

===Isaiah’s belief=== ...oint actually mention the rebellion and fall of Satan. This non-Scriptural belief assembled from interpretations of different passages, would fall under the

...s Aten who kills the monster, obviously, since Aten is the only god in the belief system.

Many laws were then passed forbidding belief in pagan spirits, punished sometimes (as in Saxony, back in 789) with execu

...in artery. In folklore and popular culture, the term generally refers to a belief that one can gain supernatural powers by drinking human blood. The histori ...Goddess, is the form in which Kali survived among gypsies. Gypsies have a belief that the three Marys from the New Testament went to France and baptised a g

...such as believing to have seen the dead walking the village at night). The belief was that the vampyr would take over the recently dead corpse, for as long a

The concept of '''spiritual warfare''' is based on the belief that Satan and demons are real beings whose primary mission is to thwart Go ...Moody, Billy Sunday, R. A. Torrey and Billy Graham have all affirmed their belief in the existence of the demonic and had occasions to recount some of their

...f of their bodily existence, such as offspring (though often deformed).[8] Belief in demons goes back many millennia. ...t the world was pervaded with spirits,[11] the latter of whom advanced the belief that demons received the worship directed at pagan gods.[13]

The legend of the Nāga is a strong and sacred belief held by Lao and Thai people living along the Mekong River. Many pay their r ...elves to be descendants of the mythological "Nāgas", but to have lost this belief due to Christian missionary activity.

...ut side by side with this belief in involuntary metamorphosis, we find the belief that human beings can change themselves into animals at will and then resum ...ing ''Canon episcopi'' (c.900) which required penance for admitting to the belief.

...before being considered for parole. He condemned Brady was 'wicked beyond belief' and felt that there was no reasonable possibility of him ever reforming, a

Belief in various magical practices has waxed and waned in European and Western hi ...w [[theology]] of Protestantism proved a worse foe to magic by undermining belief in the sort of [[ritual]]ism that allowed religious rites to be re-purposed

...ook called The Coming of the Fairies, about the Cottingley Fairies and his belief in them. *L. Henderson and E.J. Cowan, ''Scottish Fairy Belief'' (Edinburgh, 2001)

...o improve the English breed. Despite these notes of skepticism, widespread belief in the rumor persisted.

...n used for purely decorative effect rather than reflecting any deeply-held belief.

...he southern US were primarily from the Kongo kingdom). The survival of the belief system in the New World is remarkable, although the traditions have changed ...t", may or may not be the most active spirit in a person's life in Haitian belief.

...does he believe in? Who does he serve? What are the elements of religious belief? Lestat finds himself caught in a whirlpool of the ultimate choice.<br><br> Even more jaded characters, as the Chronicles progress, find some belief they want to cling to. Only a handful (such as Pandora) have actually embra

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...has strong muscles and bones, and it lives in the swamp (40:21). In Jewish belief, Behemoth is the primal unconquerable monster of the land, as Leviathan is

...tp://www.theherald.co.za/herald/2005/11/07/news/n28_07112005.htm "Killer’s belief in omens, spirits led to attack on toddler"], news story

Many Wiccans promote the Law of Threefold Return, a belief that anything that one does will be returned to them threefold. In other wo ...o support it as anything other than a psychological law." Her own personal belief, which differs from the usual interpretation of the Threefold Law, is that

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...moderation and excess, passion and propriety, forgiveness and retaliation, belief and unbelief, god and beast.

...ef in the literal existence of realities beyond empirical perception, or a belief that a ''true'' human perception of the world trancends logical reasoning o ...al traditions are by nature controversial, and may be considered heretical belief. Other systems (such as [[Unitarian Universalism]]) claim to be liberally [

Sometimes parents will, as a way of controlling their children, encourage belief in a bogeyman that only preys on children who misbehave. Such bogeymen may

Following the merging of the Ennead and Ogdoad belief systems, as a result of the identification of [[Atum]] with [[Ra]], and the ==Main Belief==

...ow powerful the creature may be. This grisly practice originates from the belief that the Vampire is incapable of existing without its head or heart, as it

Though the belief in demons was greatly encouraged and enlarged in [[Babylonia]] under the in ...se beliefs, including the belief that there is an object before me and the belief that two plus three equals five. Note that the power of such a demon would

...ving many ideals that dinosaurs did often attack and eat each other. This belief in cannibalism was further demonstrated in 2003 with the discovery of tooth ...ny modern reptiles to keep their temperatures regulated. It was a dominat belief until 1968 when one of the first papers written suggesting they were endoth

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...human opinions that is to be reputed the most foolish which deals with the belief in Necromancy, the sister of Alchemy, which gives birth to simple and natur

...en the black smoke apperance of this phenomena and the [[Jinn]] of Islamic belief. The [[Jinn]] are described as normally being invisible to humans and when

Some Gnostics hold the belief that when Jesus was given a rag of vinegar to drink from at his crucifixion ...the two attendants discuss hanging themselves and reference is made to the belief that mandrake is seeded by the ejaculate of hanged men.

...harvard|Burkhardt|Burckhardt, p. 196-7|a}} This is the macrocosm-microcosm belief central to the hermetic philosophy. In other words, the human body (the mic ...e transgressions of Adam and Eve, i.e. original sin). According to Gnostic belief, by worshipping the cosmos, nature, or the creatures of the world, one wors

...of events, but instead regard them as figurative representations of their belief systems. Many modern day rabbis and priests within the more liberal Jewish * [[Origin belief]]

''Ryūjin shinkō'' 竜神信仰 "dragon god faith" is a form of Shinto religious belief that worships dragons as water ''[[kami]]''. It is connected with agricultu

A belief that the disciple whom Jesus loved would not die before the Second Coming w

In Chinese belief, each person has two souls, a superior or rational soul and an inferior irr

...nd the subsequently consideration of her nature and attributes led to the belief in two, and ultimately in three Moirae; though a distribution of the functi

The basic belief is that Mokele-mbembe does not make any sounds, though there have been come ...well as in thicker wooded areas. In conclusion, Mackal states the personal belief that the Mokele-Mbembe may be a relict sauropod.

...is traditionally applied to an [[angel]], [[demon]], or minor god in many belief systems. The belief that Satan is in [[Hell]] has its roots in Christian literature rather than

However, there was the belief that the ''ka'' was able to leave the body and wander about, especially if

“In Bernese Oberland and the Jura the belief is widespread that there exists a sort of “cave worm” which is thick, 3

...ound, such as the sound made by birds flying at night. Hence, the mistaken belief that banshees manifest as birds such as the crow. The inaccurate associatio

...llows his sexual passion for Eve to take precedence over his love for, and belief in, God. He confides to Raphael that his attraction to her is almost overwh ...ion of the world and humanity; this can be compared with the more "modern" belief of God the Father as Creator, and Christ as the redeemer- part of God the F

...be effected by making the changeling laugh or by torturing it; this latter belief was responsible for numerous cases of actual child abuse".

...1999 movie)|a remake of the original film]] that was released in 1999. The belief in cursed mummies probably stems in part from the supposed curse on the tom

The [[Muslim]] belief in ''[[jahannam]]'' (in [[Arabic Language|Arabic]]: جهنم) (similar to H ...country [[China]], where Taoism adopted tenets of other religions, popular belief endows Taoist Hell with many deities and spirits who punish sin in a variet

...phy" may refer to a general [[world view]] or to a specific [[ethic]] or [[belief]]. ...id in understanding the notions of what knowledge, evidence, and justified belief are. The [[philosophy of science]] discusses the underpinnings of the scien

It was the general belief in the 14th and 15th centuries that those who experienced blasphemous, sexu ...the continuing public misconception of the disorder. Contrary to popular belief, OCD sufferers will rarely exhibit their compulsive behaviours in public, o

It is currently unknown where this belief originated from, but it may have come from Greece. The people, tired of th ...house without first being invited most likely originates from a Christian belief that Satan cannot go where he isn’t welcome.

*George Harrison is known to have had a jokey belief in "wilburys", which were gremlin-like creatures that allegedly interfered

*13. ^ Maclean, William (Reuters, May 16, 2005), "Belief in sex-mad demon tests nerves," on the World Wide Religious News (WWRN) web

...ure in a book by Michael Bilton, published in 2003, called ''Wicked Beyond Belief:The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper''.

...r Barghests (such as the Black Shuck) of other areas of England. A similar belief is that they are ghosts of cats which lived in the area in the past. Other

...lly his sole death penalty conviction; Amnesty International reported "the belief of two former state Attorneys General that Lucas was in all likelihood inno

It is also commonly held belief in many modern christian traditions that the immortal soul of a human that ...lief in angels is central to the religion of [[Islam]], beginning with the belief that the [[Qur'an]] was dictated to the Prophet [[Muhammad]] by the chief o

...rks of fiction portray the countess as bisexual or lesbian, drawing on the belief that her victims were exclusively women. It is unclear whether her sadism h

It is probable that the belief in the existence of a number of carnally minded and lascivious spirits, whi

*One folklorist theory of the origin of the belief is that the selkies were actually fur-clad Finns, traveling by kayak. As th

...ost fundamental feature of Dalek culture and psychology is an unquestioned belief in the superiority of the Dalek race. Other species are either to be exterm This belief is thought to be the reason why Daleks have never significantly modified th

...athers weighed in on the authorship of Revelation. Justin Martyr avows his belief in its apostolical origin. Irenaeus (A.D. 178) assumes it as a conceded poi

...cannibalism in Kiev, Russia, it contained a clear statement of Crowley's belief in the ''blood libel against the Jews'' ''Equinox 1:8''</blockquote>: ...to conceive and execute every kind of criminally cunning abomination. The belief in witchcraft was not all superstition; its psychological roots were sound.

...d the reason for wearing such fearsome (and non-fearsome) costumes was the belief that since the spirits that were abroad that night were essentially intent

In Asian cultures, such as China, there are some people who hold a belief in reincarnation. Ghosts are those souls that refused to be "recycled" beca

...peatedly, this scenario became such a part of the Family members’ communal belief that they stocked up supplies and searched for the hole in the ground befor ...with LSD once she arrived there (the conspirators were under the mistaken belief that an LSD overdose was fatal). Hoyt was found in a drugged semi-stupor o

...ly are respected among the voudist community.But many voudists do hold the belief that the Lwa are easily offended.It's said that when angered the Lwa will r ...l for the Spider's schemes and agreed to cut his corn crop in the mistaken belief that his corn would grow again. Later that evening, neighbors in their vill

...to believers who partake. Transubstantiation is opposed by the Protestant belief that the Lord's Supper serves for remembering Jesus' sacrifice.

...animals, mythology or [[folklore]]. For instance, northern Europe's former belief in [[troll]]s has been suggested to be similar to Bigfoot legends. The Swed

...ution) American psychologist William James, whose writings on the power of belief become the only way to deal with this conflict.

...alchemists. One such variant involved the use of the [[mandrake]]. Popular belief held that this plant grew where semen ejaculated by hanged men (during the

...lund Ingemark's, ''The Genre of Trolls. The Case of a Finland-Swedish Folk Belief Tradition'' is the first doctoral dissertation on traditional forest trolls

...opteryx) is a cryptid purportedly inhabiting Scotland's Loch Ness. Popular belief and interest in the animal has fluctuated over the years since it came to t

*Teicher, M. Windigo Psychosis: A study of Relationship between Belief and Behaviour among the Indians of Northestarn Canada. American Ethnologica

...d Sir Robert Anderson are both on record as having explicitly stated their belief that the message was written by the murderer."</blockquote>

...ames, and love by Saint John the Evangelist. Dante justifies his medieval belief in astrology that the power of constellations draw themselves from God.