Exploring the Divine Hierarchies and Rivalries Across Mythologies From the peaks of Mount Olympus to the shining gates of Asgard,...
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Exploring the Divine Hierarchies and Rivalries Across Mythologies From the peaks of Mount Olympus to the shining gates of Asgard,...
Inanna, also known as Ishtar, was the ancient Sumerian goddess of love, fertility, and war....
The God of Creation Lord Brahma is one of the most important deities in Hinduism...
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Gilgamesh is a legendary figure in ancient Mesopotamian mythology and is considered one of the earliest known literary characters. He is the central character in the Epic of Gilgamesh, an ancient poem that dates back to the third millennium BCE. Gilgamesh was the king of Uruk, a city-state in ancient Sumeria, and was believed to have been two-thirds god and one-third human. The epic tells the story of his adventures and his quest for immortality. Gilgamesh is often depicted as a powerful and arrogant ruler who undergoes a transformation through his encounters with various challenges and characters. His story has...
Many people think of Santeria as a strange and unwelcome mix of primitive pagan beliefs and Roman Catholicism. Many people feel the religion is a dangerous, maybe Satanic, form of Voodoo, complete with zombies, indiscriminate animal sacrifices, and other totems that make people from Western religious backgrounds uncomfortable. Santeria’s real meaning is significantly less scary. Santeria is a recognized religion with a long and illustrious history. Slavery was imported into the new world as a result of European colonization. Yorubas made up a large portion of the slave population (that territory lies in what is now a part of modern-day...
If you work in aromatherapy, there’s a strong possibility you’ve come across the scent of myrrh at some point. Myrrh, like frankincense, is a resin that appears in a variety of religious and spiritual contexts. The most well-known of these is mentioned in the Christian Bible as one of the three gifts delivered by the Magi to the newborn baby Jesus (Matthew 2:11). After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Myrrh...
While Halloween is observed on October 31, Día de Los Muertos is observed on November 2. Many of the communities that celebrate Dia de los Muertos also celebrate Halloween. The “Day of the Dead” is a tradition that started in ancient Mesoamerica, which is now Mexico and northern Central America. There, native peoples like the Aztecs, Mayas, and Toltecs held special holidays to remember their dead loved ones. Depending on whether the deceased was an adult or a kid, specific months were set aside for commemorating them. With the arrival of the Spanish, this way of remembering the dead became...
The Ahuizotl is more than just a monster of Aztec folklore; it is a symbol, a story, and a lesson from ancient Mesoamerican culture. It embodies the Aztec respect for the spiritual world, their reverence for nature, and their understanding of the need for boundaries in life.
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