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God.
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God, the center and focus of religious faith, a holy
C Islam Islam arose as a powerful reaction against the ancient pagan cults of Arabia, and as a consequence it is the most starkly monotheistic of the three biblically rootedreligions. The name Allah means simply “the God.” He is personal, transcendent, and unique, and Muslims are forbidden to depict him in any creaturely form. The primary creed is that “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the apostle of Allah.” Allah has seven basic attributes: life, knowledge, power, will, hearing, se...
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State Gods - Mythology.
appreciated their help and desired more help as they continued their conquests. The goddess Victoria, who may also have been called by the name Vica Pota, represented victory over the enemy. In commerce as well as in patriotism and warfare, Romans had special gods that they called upon for help. This aspect of their public lives was influenced by their principle gods and gods of specific tasks. Mercury oversaw merchants, and Minerva was the patroness of craftsmen and manufacturers. The goddess F...
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Zeus (Day, Bright Sky) Greek The chief god
of Greek mythology.
induced Cronus into releasing his brothers and sisters, the siblings decided to go to war against Cronus and the Titans. For 10 long years, Zeus fought against the Titans, who were led by the mighty Atlas, for Cronus was now old. Finally Zeus enlisted the help of Gaia (Earth), who advised him to release the Cyclopes and the Hundred-Handed Ones (the Hecatoncheires), who had been imprisoned in the Underworld. Zeus did this, and in gratitude the Cyclopes gave Zeus the thunderbolt as a weapon. They...
- Zeus Zeus, in Greek mythology, the god of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods.
- Mars Roman The god of war who, in his earliest forms, was a god of agriculture and prosperity.
- household gods Roman Throughout ancient Rome, people believed in a variety of gods that influenced their home lives.
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indigetes (dii indigites) Roman Apparently,
lesser gods of the many people who inhabited Central
Italy in the seventh and early sixth centuries b.
used the term dii indigites to distinguish the many personal gods from the dii novensiles , or newcomer gods, particularly those brought to the Italian peninsula by Greek colonists. Some argue more specifically that the indigetes were the group of gods named in one of the oldest recovered calendars of Roman festivals, inscribed in a stucco wall sometime in the sixth century b.c. and discovered by archaeologists in the early 20th century.
- Deification In mythology, the process of bestowing upon a mortal the status of a god; also, the process a mortal goes through to transform into a god.
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- Saturn (Saturnus) Roman Originally a god of agriculture, of the sowing of seeds and corn; also the god of the passage of time.
- Pontus (Pontos) Greek An ancient sea god; the first sea god.
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Indian Literature
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Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things
Indian author Arundhati Roy poses with a copy of her acclaimed first novel, The God of Small Things (1997).
Mathura BuddhaMany of the earliest texts of Indian literature were religious writings of Buddhism. This Buddha figure carved out ofsandstone is from Mathura, a city in northern India that was at the center of Buddhist sculptural activity from the 2ndcentury bc to the 6th century ad.Angelo Hornak/Corbis The sacred Vedas were composed in Old Sanskrit by Aryan poet-seers between about 1500 BC and about 1000 BC. The Vedas are compilations of two major literary forms: hymns of praise to nature deit...
- Poseidon Greek Sea god and one of the Olympian gods; son of Cronus and Rhea; brother of Zeus, Hades, Demeter, Hera, and Hestia; husband The Roman goddess Pomona displays her fruits of plenty in the painting by French artist Nicholas Fouche (1653-1733).
- State Gods
- household gods
- Dis (Dis Pater, Dispater) Roman The richest of the ancient Roman gods; a god or king of the Underworld (2), the realm of the dead.
- agricultural gods
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Perseus Greek Son of the god Zeus and Danae;
husband of Andromeda; father of Perses; slayer of
the Gorgon Medusa.
Perseus slew Medusa and cut off her head, which he carefully stowed in his leather bag. From the blood of Medusa sprang Chrysaor and the winged horse, Pegasus, children of Medusa and the sea god, Poseidon. Perseus and Andromeda - Mythology. With Medusa’s head in his leather bag, Perseus set off on his winged sandals to take the head to King Polydectes of Seriphos. As he flew along the coast, he saw a beautiful woman chained to a rock, weeping. She was Andromeda, daughter of King Cepheus of Eth...
- Church of God
- Olympian gods Greek The 12 (sometimes 13) major deities who lived atop Mount Olympus; the primary gods of the Greek pantheon of classical Greece.
- Orcus Roman Either an ancient Roman god of the Underworld (2) or an alternative name for Dis, the primary Roman god of this land of the dead.
- personal gods
- Silvanus Roman An ancient god of northern Italy and then of the Romans.
- Mercury (Mercurius) Roman The god of trade and commerce and the supporter of success.
- Eros (Erotic Love) Greek God of love and fertility, called Cupid by the Romans.
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- Quirinus (Quirinius) Roman An ancient god, perhaps of warfare or of citizenship.
- pantheon Greek and Roman In mythology, pantheon refers to all the gods of a people, particularly those considered to be the most prominent or most powerful.
- Encyclopedia of Philosophy: THE CITY OF GOD AND THE MYSTERY OF GRACE OF AUGUSTINE ?
- Proteus Greek A minor but ancient sea god who served Poseidon.
- Apollo (mythology) Apollo (mythology), in Greek mythology, son of the god Zeus and Leto, daughter of a Titan.
- Picus (Woodpecker) Roman An ancient Italian god of the wild country, perhaps a satyr.
- Assemblies of God
- Jupiter (Iupiter; Jove) (Jove) Roman The supreme god of the Roman pantheon; son of Saturn and Ops; husband of Juno.
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- The Teachings of Muhammad During the early 7th century, a trader named Muhammad was meditating in a cave near Mecca in what is now Saudi Arabia, when he experienced a vision of the archangel Gabriel who declared Muhammad to be a prophet of God.
- Pluto Greek and Roman A name used to refer to the god of the underworld.
- Phaeton Greek Son of Helios, the sun god, and the Nymph Clymene.
- flamen Roman In ancient Rome, a special priest ordained to offer daily tributes to particular gods in the Roman pantheon.
- Io Greek The beautiful daughter of the river god Inachus, and a priestess of Hera.
- Ida (1) Greek The Nymph who with her sister, Adrastia, and the goat-nymph, Amalthea, tended the infant god Zeus on Mount Ida (2) in Crete.
- Cratus (Crato s; Krato s; Strength) Greek The personification of strength; a demigod or lesser god; son of the Titan Pallas and the water Nymph Styx; brother of Nike (Victory), Bia (Force), and Zelus (Zeal).
- personal gods Roman The earliest Romans, those living on the hills that would eventually form the center of the great city and those living in nearby regions in the 700s and 600s b.
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- Fons (Fontus) Roman The god of springs and fountains.
- Neptune (Neptunus) Roman Originally, a Roman god of freshwater.
- Priapus Greek An ancient god of fertility, protector of herds, bees, fish, and the vine.
- Penates Roman Each household had two Penates, spirits or gods who protected the family storeroom.
- Salacia (The salty one) Roman A goddess of the sea, usually associated with the sea god Neptune, likely his wife.
- Liber (Free) Roman An ancient god of fertility and procreation, particularly of seeds and plants.
- Dithyrambus (Child of the Double Door) Greek A name for the god Dionysus, referring to the legend that he was born twice.
- Plutus Greek Son of Demeter and Iasion, son of Zeus and Electra (2); god of wealth and of the Earth's abundant harvests.
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- Daphne (Laurel) Greek A Dryad or tree Nymph, daughter of the river god Ladon, or of Peneus, and Gaia.
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Calvin, John
ecclesiastical reformers. Tensions between the reformers and the city council led to Calvin's expulsion from Geneva in 1538. After ministering in Strasbourg, he returned to Geneva in 1541 and remained there until his death. His pastoral work in Geneva and Strasbourg focused on ministry to French Protestant refugees. Calvin has been criticized for his involvement in the death of the notorious heretic Michael Servetus in 1555. Having already escaped execution elsewhere for his heterodox Trinita...