:There are nine main Narasimha deities, collectively known as ''Navanarasimha'':
...no rival. Give me sole lordship over all the living entities and presiding deities, and give me all the glories obtained by that position. Furthermore, give m
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...was the youngest son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea and the brother of the deities Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter, and [[Hera]].
Besides deities, he also fathered many mortals. In some of his human liaisons Zeus used dev
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...A series of their dedications to Epona and other Celtic, Roman and German deities was found in Rome, at the Lateran (Spiedel, 1994). As '''Epane''' she is at
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As protective deities or genii, larger than life-size statue-blocks of lamassi were placed on ei
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They could also be minor deities, much like the (light) elves, which suggests how they could have acquired t
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...y rooted not only in poetry but in belief and ritual; the worship of these deities is limited only by the fact that they are inseparably identified with a spe
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...res around the world, the Green Man is often related to natural vegetative deities springing up in different cultures throughout the ages. Primarily it is int
Parallels have been drawn between the Green Man and various deities and [[mythology|myth]]ical figures such as [[Cernunnos]], [[Sylvanus]], [[D
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Loa have been associated with Catholic saints and African deities and their appearance often carry their distinctive features.
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...versal power of Zeus over the ancient natural world: "the worship of these deities," Burkert confirms, "is limited only by the fact that they are inseparably
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...s is referred to in ''Devi Mahatmya''. She is one of the most popular folk deities in Bengal, and a number of poems and literary compositions in Bengali calle
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[[Category: Death deities]]
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It is thought that female deities are older than male ones in Mesopotamia, and Tiamat may have begun as part
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In monotheistic religions, the deities of other religions are sometimes interpreted or created as demons. The evo
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...to flight. After experiencing such a humiliating defeat, the three supreme deities realised that they were powerless to stop Mahishasura by themselves and dec
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...no rival. Give me sole lordship over all the living entities and presiding deities, and give me all the glories obtained by that position. Furthermore, give m
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...that only a weapon made from the bones of a sage could slay him. When the deities revealed their doubts about the likelihood of any ascetic donating his body
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...he simplest rituals involve nothing more than prayers or sacrifices to the deities before fishing or traveling by water.
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==Protective spirits and deities==
...s of tengu on other sacred mountains have adopted similar images for their deities, such as Sanjakubō (三尺坊) or Akiba Gongen (秋葉権現) of Akiba and
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In Norse mythology the '''valkyries''' are dísir, minor female deities, who are described as battle-maidens who ride in the ranks of the gods or s
...e mythological poems of the Poetic ''Edda'' the valkyries are supernatural deities of unknown parentage; they are described as battle-maidens who ride in the
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...w of protective spirits, and at the top the symbols of the main Babylonian deities. Bronze. 13.3 cms high. Dating to around 625-539 B.C.E.).
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