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Hellenic Pantheon
by Obsidian [68 words] |
| |  | "The blending of Latin with Hellenic elements was extreme, and produced a long series of Divinities with virtually identical..." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Roman |
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An
by Obsidian [51 words] |
| | | "(Sumerian) A primordial sky-god, regarded as the creator of the world and progenitor or ancestor of all the Gods who followed Him...." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Mesopotamian |
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Venus - The Sweet Goddess of Love
by Anja Heij [530 words] |
| | | "A soft, tender world in which we intimately relate to the persons and objects we love, a world where rejection is replaced by an..." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Roman |
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Ea
by Obsidian [32 words] |
| | | "(Akkadian/Babylonian) The later version of Enki (I). His functions and attributes closely parallel the earlier divinity, although..." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Mesopotamian |
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Ki
by Obsidian [32 words] |
| | | "(Sumerian) A primordial being representing Earth in some traditions, wife of An in one version of the tales surrounding the..." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Mesopotamian |
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Nemetona
by Obsidian [38 words] |
| | | "(she of the sacred grove). Gaulish. A Continental Deity revered during Roman times; her name may be cognate with the Irish Valkyrie..." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Roman |
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The Horned God in India and Europe
by Neil MacGregor Campbell [3433 words] |
| | | "Of all of the Gods that we honor in Paganism today probably the most revered is the Horned God, in the shape and form of Cernunnos...." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Celtic, Welsh, Irish & Brittish |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Indic |
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Venus
by Obsidian [52 words] |
| | | "(blooming nature ?) Goddess of beauty and sexual love, and in many important respects similar to the Hellenic Aphrodite. In the..." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Roman |
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Lupercus
by Obsidian [24 words] |
| | | "God of wolves, significant to Romans in that the mythological founders of the Roman Nation (Romulus and Remus) were suckled by a..." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Roman |
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Mercurius
by Obsidian [73 words] |
| | | "The Messenger and Herald of the Gods, He also had responsibility for travelers and roadways. Similar in many ways to the Hellenic..." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Roman |
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Worship
by Anja Heij [449 words] |
| | | "Worshipping a god or goddess in fact is paying homage to the great shining light at the core of your being. You acknowledge that..." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros |
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Minerva
by Obsidian [41 words] |
| | | "Daughter of Jupiter, Goddess of war and peace or, more properly, the decisions and actions of the State. As such, she is also a..." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Roman |
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Sarapis
by Obsidian [40 words] |
| | | "Helleno-Egyptian. A synchretic Deity introduced into Egypt from Macedonia as an aspect of Osiris and a symbol of rebirth, Sarapis..." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Roman |
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Lares, The
by Obsidian [48 words] |
| | | "A set of household Gods worshipped by nearly everyone. They were said to be the offspring of Mercurius by Larunda, an Etruscan..." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Roman |
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Janus
by Obsidian [58 words] |
| | | "God of time, space, and passage. Guardian of roadways and gates, and presiding over all beginnings and cycles. He can see past,..." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Roman |
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Terminus
by Obsidian [41 words] |
| | | "Deity of Sacred Space, and the boundaries thereof. His Spirit was said to reside in cairns, landmarks, and boundary markers. He is..." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Roman |
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Jupiter
by Obsidian [70 words] |
| | | "Lord of the Universe, and King of Heaven. As with nearly all Aryan Gods of Sovereignty, He is a sky-lord, and his chief instrument..." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Roman |
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Mercury
by Obsidian [87 words] |
| | | "Gaulish/Continental. This is a native Celtic divinity who was identified by the Romans as the Celtic version of their own Mercurius/..." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Roman |
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Ataecina
by Obsidian [9 words] |
| | | "Iberian An underworld Goddess often conflated by Romans as Proserpina...." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Roman |
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Arecurius
by Obsidian [17 words] |
| | | "(one who stands before the assembly, lawgiver?). British. A Tutelary God of northern Britannia during the Roman occupation...." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Roman |
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Spiniensis
by Obsidian [37 words] |
| | | "A God of briar patches and thorn bushes; He is the Patron of the uprooting of same. He is thus an Aspect of an important process to..." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Roman |
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Libertas
by Obsidian [36 words] |
| | | "Goddess of freedom. She is always seen wearing a freedman's cap, as does the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, a figure which..." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Roman |
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Silvanus
by Obsidian [60 words] |
| | | "(he of the forest)A God associated with parkland, copses, wooded glens, and the forest itself. His spirit was present anywhere..." |
| | | Location: Religion & Philosophy > Deities & Heros > Roman |
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