‌ Prediction of life satisfaction based on perception of God in medical sciences students by Aliakbar Haddadi Kuhsar, Tayebeh Kashefi

“…An individual's perception of God is shaped by their daily experience and feelings towards deity and is acquired during the individual’s encounter with sacred- relate objects. …”
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El trickster en el Manuscrito de Huarochirí: los casos de Cuniraya Huiracocha, Huatiacuri y Pariacaca by Tania Torres Oyarce

“…XXXIX (2) 2015 and confirmed as deity, seeks to establish and consolidate a new regime, which he himself will rule. …”
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“But Noah found favor in the sight of yhwh” (Genesis 6, 8): the Biblical Noah in context by Hans Ausloos

“…However, this story about Noah, a human hero and his family, who are saved by God from a devastating flood – sent by the deity itself – in order to be the father of a new era, has not been invented by the Biblical authors themselves. …”
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The Robber Bride: a Dystopian Female World in Margaret Atwood’s Mythology by Maja Ćuk

“…Several scholars have explored the symbolic relationship between the three major protagonists in The Robber Bride and fragments of the omnipotent image of the Neolithic deity the White Goddess. As the symbolic counterparts of Diana, Venus and Hecate in the novel, Tony, Roz and Charis demonstrate how women’s integrity has been crippled and how the restoration of female principle is just a utopian idea. …”
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Politics and Priests in a Pagan Slavic Principality by Roman Zaroff

“…On the other, however, the most unique characteristics of their political system was the very prominent role of the pagan priesthood, revolving around a pagan deity known as Sventovit. The paper demonstrates that the Rügen Island the pagan priests were clearly a dominant political force, and in fact they were the real rulers of the principality. …”
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Soteriological capacity of the godhead and a problem of individuals’ dependence and release according to hindu tantrism by S V Pakhomov

“…However, the duality of the tantric Deity is rather apparent than real. It is a consequence of the distorted focus of perception and of the unenlightened level of a person. …”
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Encountering the Goddess in the Indian Himalaya: On the Contribution of Ethnographic Film to the Study of Religion by Arik Moran

“…Centering on embodiments of the goddess in spirit possession séances, it points to a fundamental difference between the popular depiction of the deity as a virgin-child (<i>kanyā</i>) who visits followers in their dreams and her actual manifestation as a menacing mother (<i>mātā</i>) during ritual activities. …”
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Od staroslovanskega Svarožiča/Radogosta do slovenskega Kresnika<br>From the Ancient Slavic Svarožič/Radogost to the Slovene Kresnik</br> by Zmago Šmitek

“…These sources suggest that eastern and western Slavs venerated him as the deity of fire, Sun and war, and ethnological and linguistic data point to his presence in the territory of southern Slavs as well. …”
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Nine Ponds (navatīrthas) of Śrīraṅgam by Marzenna Czerniak-Drożdżowicz

“…The present article introduces nine holy ponds—tīrthas of the Śrīraṅgam Raṅganātha temple—each with its characteristic features directly connected with a particular tree, residing deity, resident ṛṣi, and certain boons. Short descriptions of the ponds are given in Chapter 10 of the Sanskrit text, the Śrīraṅgamāhātmya, which praises the glory of the holy place, kṣetra, and constitutes my main source material. …”
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The Proto-Burmese-Yipho nominalizing *-t suffix by Benedict, Paul K.

“…As a matter of fact, the only example in the literature has been Proto-Burmese-Yipho (PBY) *nat-*nan2 'spirit/animistic deity' (Matisoff 1972 thereafter TSRI, #136), from PTB *flak 'ill/pain' (STC #80) via 'spirit of illness' (cf. …”
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Baozha! by Liu, Jasper Yingxian

“…is a short hand-drawn animated film following the funny and serious struggles of a guardian deity, Baozha. The film aims to represent the human side of us that desires to be seen or heard, and be significant in some way. …”
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Callimachus, hymn 2 and the genre of paean by Lightfoot, J

“…This can be seen in the concern with the identities of deity (Carneian Apollo), worshippers (a group of young men on the verge of maturity), and community (the historical foundation of Cyrene). …”

Ritual and social evolution: Understanding social complexity through data by Whitehouse, H

“…Seshat is the Egyptian deity of writing, knowledge and wisdom and her name literally translated means “she who scribes”. …”

Qaryat al‐Fāw/ Qaryatum dhāt Kāhlim: On the identity of the god Kahl by de Lara, J

“…This compound refers to the tutelary deity of the city, in this case, a god called Kahl. …”

Sustaining performance habitats for balinese animal effigies in the anthropocene by Hood, Made Mantle

“…In each context, anthropomorphized mythical animals such as boars, tigers, and elephants perform meanings and beliefs that exist along a continuum from revered deity to superficial symbol. In this essay, I draw upon discourses surrounding music ecology and environmental sustainability which serve as background for citing correlations between the physical destruction of Bali's natural environment and urbanization's influence on the mythical animal's traditional performance habitat.…”
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The Position Gender in Islamic Education: A Perspective by Nurmadiah, Nurmadiah

“…Because the al-Qur'an as the revelation of the deity sent down to his apostle, the great prophet Muhammad, through the mediation of Jibril and is the guidance for man, in it there will be rules and directives to carry out education that is reflected in chapter 30 al-Alaq verses 1-5.…”
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Reconciliation in the Templeless Age: by Paba De Andrado

“…The destruction of the temple in 587 B.C.E resulted in a dilemma for the deportees who sought to reconcile with their deity in a foreign land. The traumatic loss of the temple resulted in creative ideas of how to access God in the absence of a sanctuary. …”
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Menghayati Kehadiran Riil Kristus, Tubuh dan Darah-Nya, dalam Perayaan Ekaristi by Bernardus Teguh Raharjo, Firalen Vianney Ngantung

“…Christ is present in reality with all His deity and humanity in consecrated bread and wine. …”
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I n t ro d u c i n g N k a m i : A F o r g o t t e n G u a n g L a n g u a g e and People of Ghana by Rogers Krobea Asante

“…The overwhelming factor that preserves the language and holds its speakers together is the traditional institution of Afram (deity). Linguistically, Nkami is distinct from other regional languages. …”

Sprouts of the Body, Sprouts of the Field: Identification of the Goddess with Poxes in South India by Perundevi Srinivasan

“…Indigenous discourses, gleaned from resources, such as songs and narratives, facilitate our interrogation of the Hindu &#8220;religious experience&#8222; that underscores the immanent and eminent manifestations of the deity and the dimension of benevolence associated with pox-affliction. …”
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