The altar sculpture of the Tubten Shedrub Ling temple in Kyzyl nork Batorova Elena A.

“...The famous sculptor Dashi Namdakov made six monumental sculptures of Buddhist deities – Buddha Shakyamuni, Maitreya, White Tara, Green Tara, Kalachakra, and Vajrabhairava. ...”
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Comparing Moralities in the Abrahamic and Indic Religions Using Cognitive Science: Kindness, Peace, and Love versus Justice, Violence, and Hate nork Aria Nakissa

“...The article considers how moral intuitions shape Abrahamic/Indic moral teachings, which, in turn, impact: (1) Abrahamic/Indic doctrines concerning politics, law, and war; (2) Abrahamic/Indic doctrines concerning individual ethics, and moral behavior proper to monastics and laypersons; and (3) Abrahamic/Indic doctrines concerning theological matters, such as the nature of the universe, souls, and deities....”
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Cypriot Phoenicians and their cultural identity nork Katarzyna Zeman-Wiśniewska

“...The third one is religion and cult, with deities bearing Phoenician names, but apparently syncretised with both their Hellenic counterparts and local traditions. ...”
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Maya Intimacy with the Mountains: Pilgrimage, Sacrifice and Existential Economy nork Jan Kapusta

“...Finally, I argue that the experience of interaction, communication and intimacy between the Maya and their mountain deities can be best defined as a dynamic participation in the course of the world – an existential economy of ‘working the world’....”
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Plongées et visions en mer grecque nork Samuel Verdan, Camille Semenzato

“...Focusing on this means of perception, we discuss several ways of ‘seeing’: from divers’ visual acuity to the divinatory knowledge attributed to sea deities (of whom Glaucus was the main representative), not forgetting the colour ‘glaucous’ specifically used to describe the waves, or someone’s gaze. ...”
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De l’objet artisanal à l’offrande votive. Regards actualisés sur l’iconographie des terres cuites archaïques de Métaponte nork Eukene Bilbao Zubiri

“...Coroplathy, a mass-produced craft produce by the extensive use of the technique of moulding, has been approached mainly through its ritual function in order to characterise cults and identify venerated deities. This research carried out in the Greek city of Metapontum (Basilicata, Italy) offers a new work perspective on this material. ...”
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The Emergence and Spread of the Buddhist Tārā Cult in India between 7th Century CE and 11th Century CE with Special Reference to the Sirpur Tārā Bronzes nork Saurabh Singh

“...Numerous bronze images of the Buddha and Buddhist deities such as Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, Tara etc. were found from Sirpur. ...”
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Secular Games nork Dunning, S

“...In later centuries, new rituals were added to these older elements as the Ludi Saeculares came to be connected with the creation and legitimization of imperial dynasty and authority.The Republican predecessor of the Ludi Saeculares was a cult associated with the Valerian clan (see gens): a legend concerning their foundation describes how a legendary figure named Valesius instituted the first ludi and sacrifices to chthonic deities, Dis Pater and Proserpina (see Persephone), in thanksgiving for the miraculous cure of his three children at the Tarentum...”

The Ritual of the Hours of the Day on the inner vault of the qrsw-coffin of Nes(pa)qashuty from Deir el-Bahari nork Erhart Graefe

“...Finally, there are some remarks on the transmission of this important text in general and on the series of private funerary texts divided into 24 hours and representing their corresponding deities....”
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Old Shrines, New Worshipers: Cultural Practices for Connection with Nature nork Evgenia Troeva

“...There are many ancient cultural sites in Bulgaria that not only attract tourists but are also believed to facilitate a person’s connection with deities and natural forces. Today, cultural practices performed at these sacred places from the period of antiquity and the early Middle Ages are often associated with neopaganism and the New Age movement, while also incorporating elements of Bulgarian traditional culture. ...”
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“El rostro de los días”: sobre la corporalidad y las almas entre los mayas k’iche’ de Santiago Momostenango nork Alonso Zamora Corona

“...Notable is the existence among the momostecos of the chikop, a soul with the form of a bird very similar to the “bird of the heart” of the Maya Tzeltal, which can be punished by the ancestral deities when people forget to do offerings at their patrilineage’s altars....”
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A Third Intermediate Period openwork piece of funerary equipmentfrom the Chapel of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari nork Anastasiia Stupko-Lubczyńska

“...A set of wooden figures representing female deities with painted fronts and flat backswas identified in the archaeological material coming from recent excavations in the Chapel ofHatshepsut. ...”
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The Typology of Āmreḍita Compounds in the Ṛgveda nork Tamara DITRICH

“...The first fifty hymns of the Ṛgveda form an organic whole: they belong to the middle period in the Ṛgvedic chronology and address a rich variety of deities, providing a substantial amount of material to address the typological problems of āmreḍita compounds. ...”
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Olódumare and Esu in Yorubá Religious Thought nork Benson Ohihon Igboin

“...Theological and philosophical debates on deities do not end easily; rather they open new vistas of understanding and further argumentation. ...”
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Modèles d’astragales provenant du sanctuaire de Demeter et Kore à Acrocorinthe nork Sonia Klinger

“...Models of astragaloi in diverse materials and sizes were dedicated in sanctuaries to various deities, for example: one in lead from a shrine in the Rachi settlement at Isthmia; various in bronze and glass from the Kabirion sanctuary in Thebes; and others in bronze, glass and marble from the Corycian cave on the slopes of Mount Parnassus. ...”
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Handling Feet: Roman Jugs as an Example of the Significance of Roman Foot-Shaped Artefacts nork Elizabeth Shaw

“...The feet on the handles may be an amusing change from the more usual heads, or they may stand synecdochically for deities such as Isis or Mercury. The feet may also serve an apotropaic function. ...”
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THE TRANSLATION OF SOME DIFFICULT TERMINOLOGICAL CATEGORIES IN THE HOMERIC TEXTS (Homer, Od., V, 63-75) nork Petre Gheorghe BÂRLEA

“...In the following pages we are going to look at some names of water courses and deities....”
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Horaţiu şi Augustus nork Alexandra Ciocârlie

“...In the second part of his life, the poet writes several official or ordered works, all having a propagandistic nature, such as Carmen saeculare, sacred hymn, dedicated to Rome’s protective deities, Diana and Apollo, or the odes in which he honoured the victories against the Germanic tribes registered by the stepsons of Augustus, Tiberius and Drusus....”
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Pilgrimage to the Himalaya: Historical Perspectives and Present Scenario nork Vishwambhar Prasad Sati

“... The Himalaya, known as an abode of Shiva and Shakti, the folk deities, has many world-famous highland and valley pilgrimages. ...”
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Sirens’ Songs and Music: Their Representations and Significance on Archaic and Classical Attic Vase-Paintings nork Angeliki Liveri

“...The Sirens’ motif can be interpreted from many viewpoints, has many different meanings and is associated with various deities. This paper presents the Sirens as singers and musicians, individually or in groups. ...”
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