Metaphysical Modest Proposals Manganelli dealing with Satire by Arianna Marelli

“…Here the mocking of an unbelieved – yet still feared – deity expresses itself in a specific figure: the cannibal god, whose ferocity, underneath the mask of the grotesque, reveals all the violence the author feels in the unbearable human destiny.…”
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The motive of God's loss in Ukrainian fairy tales by V. Yatchenko

“…The most important of these should include, in particular, the following: the combination of man with the deity (God); the loss of God's person as a result of her violation of some conditions for coexistence with God; the search for the lost man of God and the rejoining of him. …”
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A note on Aladur, Alator and Arthur by Green, C

“…It is suggested that Arthur is the subject of the first part of this poem, and that the description of this subject as o echen aladur should be read as a indicating that he (Arthur) was ‘from the stock/lineage/family/tribe of (Mars) Alator’, a Romano-British deity. The exact import of this description is unclear, but it could have a significance beyond the merely laudatory.…”

அமைப்பியல் கோட்பாட்டு நோக்கில் பொன்னிறத்தாள் கதை / Ponnirathaal Kathai: A Structuralist Study in Folklore... by முனைவா் ஜெ. நிர்மலா தேவி / Dr. J. Nirmala Devi

“…Ponnirathaal is worshipped as a sub-deity in Mutharamman temples at Dhammathukkonam and Puchivilagam in Agastheeswaram taluk of Kanyakumari district. …”
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Sacrés liens ou non-liens sacrés ? Hécate, les mortels et les lieux de passage en Grèce ancienne by Nicola Serafini

“…This goddess is also often placed by the entrance of the houses : she is an apotropaic deity, which protects the inside from the dangerous influences that come from the outside. …”
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Rumor, prodigia and ideology in the Flavian period by Diego M. ESCÁMEZ DE VERA

“…The prodigia,perfectly ingrained in the system of religious legitimization of the ruler in roman times, are considered a direct expression of the will of the deity,which shows its support or rejection. The apparent knowledge of classics about how the rumor operates, and the continuous link established between it and the appearance and spreading of prodigia, lead us to propose a political use of both phenomena during the Empire. …”
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Apophatic and Anthropomorphic Visions of God in Philo of Alexandria by Scott D. Mackie

“…By accommodating the overwhelming reality of God’s being to the perceptual and conceptual limitations of the human percipient, these docetic theophanies allow humans to more confidently relate to the deity, while at the same time preserving God’s absolute transcendence and apophatic otherness. …”
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Rationalist and Reductionist: Andrew Fuller’s Response to Robert Robinson in Six Letters by Rindels Ryan

“…Socinianism, with its denial of the deity of Christ and the doctrine of the Trinity, posed a threat to Particular Baptist churches. …”
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“ALBION BEHELD HY BEAUTY”. VALA, JERUSALEM AND BLAKE’S HOLISTIC APPROACH TO THE COSMOS by Martina Zamparo

“…Vala’s role as a terrifying goddess of Nature can be reassessed if read in the light of the symbolism of the Egyptian deity Isis, in its turn associated with the topos of the veil and with the weaving imagery. …”
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Sacerdos of Jupiter Dolichenus from an inscription recently discovered in the vicinity of Viminacium by Petrović Vladimir P.

“…The followers of the Dolichenus theology such as soldiers, priests, tradesmen, miners and freedmen dedicated figural representations, as well as numerous inscriptions to the glory of the deity. In the Upper Moesia territory, particular frequency of dedication is noticed in the Danube border region, limes, from where the inscription, published in this study, originates. …”
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Iris, la mensajera de los dioses. (Estudio iconográfico de sus representaciones en el arte griego) by María Isabel Rodríguez López

“…The content of this work is focused on iconographical depictings of this deity in Greek Art, based on different literary sources. …”
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The Myth of Huitzilopochtli: Diachronic and structural interpretation by Igor Seke

“…The paper investigates the myth about the birth of Huicilopochtli, the deity considered by the Spanish conquistadors to be the supreme god of the Aztecs. …”
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Ritual, rage and revenge in 2 Maccabees 6 and 7 by Pierre J. Jordaan

“…In their commentaries on 2 Maccabees, Jan Willem van Henten and Daniel Schwartz proposed that the deaths of the martyrs should be seen as human sacrifices to please the deity. This idea has either been challenged or supported by scholars. …”
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La question de la succession d’Hadrien sur une monnaie inédite de l’atelier d’Alexandrie by Laurent Bricault

“…Within the arms of the male deity in the foreground a child, also male, is curled up. …”
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La semaine sainte à Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala by Sylvie Pédron Colombani

“…In this article, the author analyses the relationship between the people and their deity during this time, while focusing her attention on the tropical fruit offering and its preparation, and underlining its sexual and food dimension.…”
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The Significance of Money for the Cults and Sanctuaries of Demeter and Kore: The Shaping of the Cults by Commercial Transactions by Aynur-Michèle-Sara Karatas

“…The mercantile logic and money-oriented society shaped the transaction between the worshippers and the cults of Demeter. The relationship to deities was regulated by ‘do ut des’, i.e. one gives something so that the deity may give something in return. …”
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Weapons, temples and war: the warlike nature of Quetzalcoatl's cult in Mesoamerica. by Alexandre Guida Navarro

“…The data come from images of this deity in war contexts in temples at Chichen Itza. …”
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« Ils ont transformé la divinité Yuma en Dieu ! » by Mélanie Vandenhelsken

“…This article focuses on recent changes in Limbu rituals in Sikkim, and especially the disagreement between a new religious movement called Yumaism—centred on the cult of a young woman considered a reincarnation of the Limbu domestic deity Yuma—and those who think that only shamanism is representative of the Limbu tradition. …”
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Pleasure before Duty: Playing and Studying in the Cultic Context of Kharayeb by Marianna Castiglione

“…Considering these data, some scholars have supposed that a god linked to childhood and motherhood was worshipped in this sanctuary. Whoever the deity was, the huge amount and the variety of iconographies of children playing with animals (birds and dogs), balls and other objects are really surprising. …”
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Iconography transformed: a few notes on the god Vaiśravaṇa by Sarah-Allegra Schönberger

“…In this sense, my research is not interested in asking how a deity is depicted, but why it is depicted in a particular way; what conclusions can be drawn, and what factors might influence artistic work? …”
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