Miracles and laws of nature by Mawson, T

“…They should be defined as signs of particular volitions of the deity or of other supernatural agents. I suggest that one may, without any prior belief in the existence of such supernatural agents, reasonably come to believe that one has witnessed miracles.…”

K interpretacii nekotoryh motivov russkih detskih igr v svete «osnovnogo» mifa <em>(prjatku, žmurku, gorelku, salku-pjatnašku)</em><br>Interpretation of Certain Motifs in Russian C... by Vladimir N. Toporov

“…The paper focuses on archetypical and semantic interpretations of certain Slavic children’s games that may have originated from fragments of the so-called »basic myth« of the fight between the Thunder God and the htonic deity.…”
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What is a god? Metatheistic assumptions in Old Testament Yahwism(s) by J W Gericke

“…It concerns the implicit assumptions in the Hebrew Bible�s discourse about the fundamental nature of deity. In other words, the question is not, �What is� YHWH like?…”
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Public and Private Cults of Hygieia (Particularly Focusing on Crete) by Giampiera Arrigoni

“…This is the occasion of analyzing the conception of health and Hygieia among the archaic poets, and the process by which Hygieia from personification became a deity. Also analyzed is the link of Hygieia with other deities or personifications, the symbolism of certain attributes and epithets in poetry and cult and the meaning of certain gestures. …”
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Igbo pre-colonial norms and values as pillars for the sustenance of post-colonial Igbo society by Chinonso E. Agbo

“…The thrust of this work is on engineering the pre-colonial norms and values, embedded in Ala (earth-goddess deity) to contend the contemporary moral decadency prevalent in Igboland. …”
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Notions of Lha among the Brogpa of Ladakh by Proletina Robova

“…It addresses the notion of lha in light of Brogpa’s cosmology, religious celebrations, local deity embodiment practice, and, last but not least, personal accounts of experiences of the divine. …”
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Romolo-Quirino in Enn. ann. 100 Skutsch by Feraco, Fabrizio

“…In addition to the comparison with Ov. met. 14.849 ss., new arguments are presented: the comparison with Liv. 1.16.6 and the use of the verb venerari, which is connected etymologically with Venus, who is a deity related to Romulus and the origins of Rome. …”
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Ornament, figure and mise en abyme on Roman sarcophagi by Elsner, J

“…Then I will move to strigillated caskets with figural mise en abyme (in the case of the image of Narcissus looking at his own reflection), before turning to examine the specific isolation of deity figures (Dionysus and Jesus) in aedicules with strigillated columns at the centre of five panel sarcophagi with bands of strigillated ornament. …”

SĄVOKOS CHŌRA PERMĄSTYMAS DERRIDA FILOSOFIJOJE: TIKĖJIMO BE ONTOTEOLOGIJOS DOMINAVIMO GALIMYBĖ by Ieva Rudžianskaitė

“…Considering this term, Derrida questions the ontotheological image of Deity and its influence on the religious sphere which is inseparable from knowledge. …”
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Religious Celebrations and Tradition: The Case of ‘Panigiras’ in Sifnos Island by Polyxeni Moira, Dimitrios Mylonopoulos, Eleni Synagridi

“…Ritualistic religious acts include prayers, hymns, dances, use or abstinence from food, fasting, use of symbols, lighting a candle, offering food or flowers to a deity, etc. Religious worship rituals are performed individually by a person or collectively by groups of believers. …”
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Ganapati Dharani Sutra: Oirat Texts by Baazr A. Bicheev, Gerelmaa Guruuchin

“…In Hinduism, this ancient deity was believed an evil demon (Vinayaka) inclined to create obstacles. …”
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7th Century Hawan Kund (Fire Altar) of 13 hast (166.38 cubic feet) capacity at Jageshwar Temple in Kumaon Range of Himalaya by Ipsit Pratap Singh

“…Jageshwar Dham is a place 34 kilometers away from Almora, in the Kumaon Range of Himalaya in Uttarakhand state of India containing 125 big and small temples and 174 sculptures, dating back to circa century and having Shiva as the main deity of the temple complex. Among them, 100 temples are dedicated to Lord Shiva; the oldest of them are Jageshwar Temple and Maha-Mrityunjaya Temple. …”
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Mythmaking as self-making and nation-building: a reading of Wole Soyinka’s “Idanre” by Sandile Ndaba

“…It avers that Soyinka uses Ogun as his tutelary deity in an attempt at self-reclamation and nation-building. …”
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Zur Verehrung des Herdfeuers bei den Balten und zu einer Litauischen Feuergottheit<br>K čaščenju ognjiščnega ognja pri Baltih in k nekemu litavskemu božanstvu ognja</br> by Rainer Eckert

“…The author writes about the worship of holy fire (hearth) among the Baltic peoples, and about the role and functions of Gabij, the Lithuanian deity of fire. His analysis is based on older historical sources and ethnographic material.…”
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Apollo Belenos on Norican and Tauriscan coins by Tomislav Bilić

“…The identification of Apollo with this native deity is widespread throughout the Celtic world, with the most persuasive evidence coming from Noricum and the region of Aquileia. …”
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Nihilism as a preamble of vacuity in the philosophy of Nishitani’s religion by Héctor Sevilla Godínez

“…Contrarily, it is proposed that when religión is a facultative path, it steers towards the notion of an absolute nothingness or towards a nothingness of the Deity, an obligatory preamble for the comprehension of Nishitani’s spiritual philosophy…”
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Approaches to the Quetzalcoatl Myth Through Comics: a Didactic Reading by Mónica Ruiz Bañuls, José Rovira-Collado, Eduard Baile López

“…After a review of multiple perspectives about its identity, and the definition of analysis and selection criteria, a revision of the presence of this deity in various comics is carried out. Our reading proposal is articulated to contribute to the knowledge of an essential mythological figure through comics as a teaching resource at different educational levels.…”
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“They Were Neither One Thing Nor the Other”: Media Technology’s Challenge to the Subject by Tabatha Hibbs

“…Her poems, “Projector” and “Projector II (Chang),” celebrate the importance of the projector that reasserts light as deity. By contrast, Virginia Woolf privileges sound in her search for intersubjectivity. …”
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Representing and Naming the Gods. Iconography and Nomenclature of the Goddess Allat in Palmyra and Hatra by Lucinda Dirven

“…Starting with the cultic remains of the goddess Allat in Palmyra and Hatra, this article explores the significance of co-existing iconographic representations for the character of a deity in the Graeco-Roman Near East. It can be shown that both in Palmyra and Hatra the original cult image is of paramount importance in temples dedicated to the goddess. …”
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Sonde en Mistiek in <i>Kroniek van Perdepoort</i> (Anna M. Louw) by E. Linde, D. H. Steenberg

“…Man can progress on his way to his spiritual objective by means of four steps, viz. purging, purification of the will, illumination of the soul and unification (of the being with the deity). These steps are all to be distinguished in the text of Kroniek van Perdepoort, and in this article the mystical elements in the novel are traced.…”
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