Deities

When you look back on history there were many defining religions, beliefs and values among different cultures and societies. The beliefs varied from believing in one single God to multiple gods, from being patriarchal to matriarchal. When discussing difference you can see numerous among the Ancient Hebrew culture and the Archaic Greeks. Greeks believed in multiple gods, the Olympians and the Chthonian whereas Ancient Hebrew’s believed in one God whose name shouldn’t even be pronounced it was so sacred

This deity would then bring violence and destruction to the world. This ideal of women and of fertility is almostly directly to the beiliefs of the Dravidians. There are also many, many other gods besides these three main ones. That's one of the distinguishing factors of Hinduism, the amount and the variety of gods that were used to explain events in life and life itself. Even with all of these gods out there, worshipers were to devote most of their worship at one specific deity. This did

that is very similar to parts on a wheel. The numerous gods/deities are characterized as the spokes, all of which emanate from the hub cap and each of them playing an important role to work the wheel as a whole. The most common of these deities or Gods to be iterated by agriculturalists Bhudevi, Surya, and Ganesh. Which in turn translate to mother earth, the sun god, and the lord of auspiciousness and success. Among the countless other deities there is also Lakshmi who is the goddess of

Gender relations being an important part of the society, plays a major role in understanding religion and religious practices. In this essay, I am discussing two patterns on a ritual at a Buddhist temple, based on my observations, and how they connect to gender-related religious theory. The ritual I attended was at a Buddhist temple named West End Buddhist Temple in Mississauga. It was based on meditation led by a monk, the male instructor. It started with a story of Buddha, the divine figure of

Mỹ Sơn is a temple complex located in central Vietnam consisting of over 70 Hindu temples constructed between the 4th to 14th century by the kings of Champa. The temples were built to worship the god Shiva that symbolizes the father/male realm. According to the Brhat Samhita scriptures of Hinduism, “The gods always play where groves are near, rivers, mountains and springs and in towns with pleasure gardens.” Hence, Mỹ Sơn was erected within several closed valleys that provide the watershed of the

The work titled “Winged Protective Deity” hails from the Assyrian empire and was created sometime in the early to mid 800s BCE. The Assyrian empire was located in what is today known as Northern Iraq. Assyrians were recognized as fearsome and ruthless conquerors of the ancient near east. This relief sculpture features a winged male figure pollinating a sacred tree and it would have decorated the walls of Ashurnasirpal II’s Northwest Palace at Calakh. Assyrian kings often commissioned relief sculptures

the past or will occur in the future. Additionally, this calendar was also used to count the years and ran parallel with the solar year. The calendar comprised of 260 days that were divided into 20 weeks, each of which was controlled by a specific deity, with each day having its own assigned god or goddess. Furthermore, the Aztec calendar displays principal elements of the fifth creation, which justifies war and sacrifice, and illustrates the belief that sacrifices were necessary to nourish the gods

Hope Feliciano AP Art History 3A 3-1-15 2011 Sacred Images: Visual representation of deities and holy personages is a feature of religious beliefs and practices throughout the world. Select and fully identify two examples of representations of deities or holy personages, in any medium, from two different cultures. At least one of your choices must be from European tradition. Using specific visual evidence, analyze each work in relation to the religious beliefs and practices within its culture.

the spiritual beings which inhabit living things as well as the ancestors of individuals of nobility and honour. The kami was considered to be within everything, but only those which are deemed strikingly wondrous were entitled to the name. These deities are considered to be of imminent nature as they dwell within human beings, with whom they are characterised as having a close relationship with. In fact, Shintoism regards humanity as children of kami; hence, human beings are considered to be of sacred

Inanna was the most prominent female deity in ancient Mesopotamia. As > early as the Uruk period (ca. 4000–3100 BC), Inanna was associated > with the city of Uruk. The famous Uruk Vase (found in a deposit of > cult objects of the Uruk III period) depicts a row of naked men > carrying various objects, bowls, vessels, and baskets of farm produce, > and bringing sheep and goats, to a female figure facing the ruler. > This figure was ornately dressed for a divine marriage, and attended > by a servant