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Tezcatlipoca: How Does the Supreme God of the Aztecs Compare to Other Omnipotent Deities?
... across several cultures including the Inca, ancient Chinese, Hindus, and others with an independent emergence of ... a god of conflict. He is described by scholars of Aztec religion as the embodiment of violent change. Quetzalcoatl ... are the sky god of the Inca, the Hindu Brahman, and the Chinese deity Shangdi. This also has obvious parallels to the ...
Caleb Strom - 15/02/2017 - 14:02
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Feathered Tricksters Since the Dawn of Time
... and the Serpent: From the Neolithic Goddesses to Ancient Chinese Symbols of Nobility and Benevolence The Tale of Ivan ... Jaguars: Piecing Together the Multifaceted Ancient Olmec Religion An Intervening Trickster There is a tri-pedal jungle raven featured in Korean, Japanese, and Chinese mythologies known as Yatagarasu, Samjokgo, and ...
ashley cowie - 12/02/2018 - 18:56
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One In 8,000! This Unique Terracotta Figure Is Unlike All The Rest
... Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang . The Ruthless Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang: How He Unified and Tyrannized ... the ideas of Taoism , Buddhism and traditional Chinese folk religion. Where in Christianity there is a purgatory, in ...
ashley cowie - 14/06/2022 - 14:36
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An Ambiguous Amphibian: The Everchanging Frog Symbol in World Myth
... associated with unclean spirits in Revelation 16:13. In folk religion and occultism, frogs became associated ... transmutation secrets. Frogs to Harm, Heal, and Teach In Chinese tradition, frogs represented the lunar female energy ...
ashley cowie - 07/02/2018 - 13:56
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Staked Through the Heart and Buried at the Crossroads – The Profane Burial of Suicides
... Were Ready to Mutilate Potential Zombies The Living Dead: Chinese Hopping Vampires Confronting the Evil Dead: ...
Charles Christian - 19/05/2017 - 15:29
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Prophecy Through the Ages: Society, Power and Legend
... Endor: Contacting the Spirit of a Prophet Nostradamus and Chinese Prophets Had Startlingly Similar Predictions What ... placed himself at the center of an organized, prophetic religion that some scholars believe is tied to the origins of ... the 160s AD, or as late as 213 AD to Caracalla. Medieval Chinese and Tibetan Buddhism: 200-600 AD Some historians ...
Mary Mount - 21/05/2021 - 14:58
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The Mythology of Winter: 7 Supernatural Beliefs and Magical Rituals From Around the World
... manifest itself as a creature of the snow. And in the Bon religion of the area, people used to believe the blood of the ... individual became a warrior, an adult, and a predator. 6.A Chinese Santa Claus The Western image of Santa Claus is not the only one. There is also a Chinese equivalent to the old man dressed in red who travels ...
isav - 04/04/2019 - 18:52
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Anansi – Deity or Storybook Trickster?
... many of their ancestors used to subscribe to an indigenous religion devoted to the chief god, Nyame. Nyame translates ... these spider stories. The gentle and benevolent Qilin of Chinese mythology World’s Rarest Textile is Made From the ... is the same as the deity, he has and continues to remain a folk hero in African and African American cultures. Anansi. ...
ML Childs - 27/08/2018 - 02:59
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Qin Shi Huang and his Terracotta Army Are Guarded by a Deadly Curse
... soldiers, part of a Terracotta Army created to protect the Chinese emperor, is an unforgettable sight. But could the ... this archaeological wonder. Ancestor worship in Chinese folk religion grants immense power to the dead. Respecting their ...
Cecilia Bogaard - 22/07/2023 - 22:52
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Guardians of History: How the Dazu Rock Carvings Captivate the World
The Dazu Rock Carvings are a series of Chinese religious sculptures and carvings located in the Dazu ... in Ancient India, and spread across to China with the religion. The carvings are mainly Buddhist, but there are ... as they allow us to learn more about the lives of common folk in China’s medieval period. Baodingshan Buddha statues ...
Aleksa Vučković - 07/02/2024 - 13:53
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What is the Real Celtic Creation Myth?
... religious beliefs of the conqueror. But the versions of religion that emerge are often adapted to fit the mythology ... He writes: “The influences of Roman civilization and religion were fatal to the oral mythology taught by Druids, ... explain how everything happened around them. Similarly, in Chinese mythology, the god Pangu, also born from chaos, ...
Khadija Tauseef - 01/03/2022 - 22:00
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Symbolism of the Mythical Phoenix Bird: Renewal, Rebirth and Destruction
... The Fantastical Folktales of Harry Potter Pangu and the Chinese Creation Story Bestiary, The Book of Beasts: ... the Native American Thunderbird, the Russian Firebird, the Chinese Fèng Huáng, and the Japanese Hō-ō. It is believed ... reigns over all the birds, and is the symbol of the Chinese Empress and feminine grace, as well as the sun and ...
lizleafloor - 21/01/2021 - 03:36
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The Oriental Magical Practice of Onmyōdō and Its Checkered History
... The Founder of One of the Three Pillars of Traditional Chinese Thought The Evolution of Wisdom: A Study of the ... Harmony AND Predicts Your Future! Representation of the Chinese five elements. (Ju gatsu mikka / CC BY-SA 3.0 ) The ... to be found mixed in with modern Shinto and within folk practice such as many of the rituals found in Shugendō. ...
NisaRyan - 11/06/2019 - 23:01
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Finders of the Terracotta Army Think They Are Cursed
... soldiers, part of a Terracotta Army created to protect the Chinese emperor, is an unforgettable sight. But could the ... this archaeological wonder. Ancestor worship in Chinese folk religion grants immense power to the dead. Respecting their ...
Cecilia Bogaard - 02/09/2023 - 22:57
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Revealing the Recluse: The Sad and Secret Lives of Hermits
... and long before the practice became associated with religion. In Asia, the term “hermit” was not associated ... recent perspective—especially in China. Ancient Chinese hermits were simple people who felt they were living ... influenced than their western counterparts, these folk fall into the category of wandering hermits, rather than ...
Riley Winters - 28/10/2017 - 02:07
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Man and Bird Join Forces: The Unique Tradition of Cormorant Fishing
... /Adobe Stock) Man and Bird, and Nothing in Between For the Chinese, this method of fishing has been known since the ... agree that the Japanese, Koreans, Hindus, and the Indo-Chinese nations all adopted the practice from mainland China. ... practical and widespread in Buddhist cultures, since that religion prohibits the killing of living creatures, fish ...
Aleksa Vučković - 09/10/2020 - 21:55
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The Story of the Midgard Serpent: A Mythological Tailspin
... and the Serpent: From the Neolithic Goddesses to Ancient Chinese Symbols of Nobility and Benevolence Slithering ...
Gerald Hausman - 17/12/2016 - 14:48
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Namazu Catfish: Earthquakes, Cosmic Justice, and Helper Of the Poor
... Since dragons are associated with water in the Chinese and Japanese traditions, it was not actually a ... ( Matt Alt ) Namazu: A Mixture of Cosmology, Politics, and Religion Many ancient cultures interpreted natural disasters ... between cosmology, religion, and politics. Namazu was a folk explanation for earthquakes. Academically oriented ...
Caleb Strom - 13/09/2021 - 14:59
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Bodhisattvas – Selfless Saviors of Mahayana Buddhism
... Although the Jatakas are believed to have their roots in folk tradition, they have since become part of the canon of ... down with compassion’. He is known also as Guanyin in Chinese and Kannon in Japanese. Incidentally, in East Asia, ... who are venerated in Mahayana Buddhism. In popular Chinese Buddhism, for example, Avalokiteśvara (or more ...
dhwty - 06/04/2020 - 23:01
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Atypical Nourishment – Hematophagy, Cannibalism and Necrophagy
... the animal is in the blood." With regards to the Christian religion, in this context a type of ritual hematophagy ... living." The most well-known type of Asian vampire is the Chinese Jiang Shi which does not feed on blood, but on the qi ... became immortal after he had used a certain type of plant. Chinese myths have many references to immortals, dwarves who ...
Phoenix Vald - 22/01/2022 - 01:00