“beyond the limits of the dream”: Delineating the mythic and ritual sequence in Okigbo’s poetry by Stella Okoye-Ugwu

“…Myths generally tell stories about deities or heroic beings. They can be classified into three types: creation myths, eschatological myths, which describe catastrophic ends of the world and myths of gods and goddesses. …”
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New Arrivals to Scientific Archives of Kalmyk Scientific Center (RAS): The Zolvanoff Family Collection as a Historical Source of Kalmyk Buddhism by Elza P. Bakaeva

“…Results.The Zol´vanovs’ collection, now a part of the records of the Archive of the Kalmyk Scientific Center includes 66 items, such as photographs and copies of photographs, official and personal letters, postcards, Buddhist texts, and images of Buddhist deities (prints, photographs, and postcards). Thus, despite the relatively small size of the collection, it is an important source as an example of a Kalmyk family abroad both in terms of history of Russian emigration and of Buddhism of the Russian peoples. …”
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Influence of the Septuagint on the Typological Interpretation of Joshua and His Deeds in Justin Martyr's "Dialogue with Trypho, the Jew" by Leszek Misiarczyk

“…The influence of the Septuagint on Justin's interpretation is manifested in several elements: the name Joshua, in Hebrew יְהוֹשֻעַ, according to the Septuagint, sounds exactly the same as the name of Jesus Christ ̓Ιησοῦς and is the basis for the presentation of Joshua as a type of Christ; the second circumcision of the Israelites by Joshua with stone knives after entering the Promised Land was a type and foreshadowing of the spiritual circumcision of the Gentile heart by Jesus Christ from stones, that is pagan deities and the error of the world; the blood of circumcision at Gilgal was a type of the blood of Christ's; stone knives (μαχαίρας πετρίνας) were a type of the teaching and words of Christ with which he circumcises the hearts of the pagans; the heap of twelve stones was a type of many heathens circumcised from the false polytheism.…”
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Interlocking Networks and the Sacred Landscape of Hellenistic Northern Etruria: Capturing Social and Geographic Entanglement Through Social Network Analysis by Vela Raffaella Da

“…Rapid waves of change can be observed in local religious identities and in the Etruscan sacred landscape: cult buildings were destroyed, sacred places abandoned or replaced by residential areas, and new organisational forms of managing cults appeared; Latin names and new iconographies were given to traditional deities in public religious buildings dedicated to the official religion, while private and popular worshipping polarized around salvation cults. …”
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Feminization and Masculinization of the Word Sun in the Holy Quran: A Semantic Study by Maha Abdull Razzaq Kuthair

“…It is no secret for those concerned with language concerns that the issue of figurative feminization is one of the issues that does not follow a grammatical rule governed by the fact that the subject of knowledge of this is due to hearing as indicated by linguistic references and lexicons.This research opts to find out the origin of the feminization of the word sun in the Arabic language and in light of what some language specialists have argued that the origin of figurative feminization was due to non-linguistic motives related to religious and metaphysical beliefs, and that it was memory preserved in light of the linguistic heritage.The research concluded that the feminization of the sun goes back to what settled in their minds, which has its origin in that pagan perception of the sun, and that the Noble Qur’an despite its use of the legacy of the linguistic singular, has moved the meaning of this word and its doctrinal connotation from the perverse meaning, circulating, depicting and embodying it in the form of deities that they feminized in real terms to another meaning. …”
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Catastrophes au Japon et complexité des relations homme/nature. De l’apport de la médiance… by Jean Lagane

“…In other words, the natural environment in Japan consists, on the one hand, of the inhabited and anthropic world which is referred to by ecumene and, secondly, the uninhabited world, the vast realm of nature and Shinto deities (kami) - ereme. Therefore, the perception that the Japanese have of nature is that of a subject «for granted». …”
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LES MYSTÈRES DE LA BÊTE ZOLIENNE (The Mysteries of the Zolian Beast) by Eva Voldřichová Beránková

“…The Beast is a curious relative of the Christian devil, on the one hand, and of the evil deities of paganism, on the other. Omnipresent and polymorphic, absolutely not “scientific”, contrary to what Zola claims, but very suggestive on the poetic level, the Beast remains one of the most striking metaphors of evil that the ending nineteenth century have invented.…”
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MEASURE AND EXCESS: AHMED NURUDDIN – TRANSFORMING APOLLO INTO DIONYSUS by Marija Terzić

“…This paper analyses the dervish Ahmed Nuruddin in light of Nietzche's understanding of Apollo and Dionysus deities in terms of their divine roots originating from ancient Greek mythology without any intention whatsoever to present Nietzche's entire philosophical system on the relationships between Dionysus, Greek tragedy, and the connections between art and nature with these principles. …”
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The Rules of the House (of Gods): Administrative and Ritual Norms of the Palmyrene Temples by Aleksandra Kubiak-Schneider

“… <p>The epigraphic record from Palmyra brings light on the organization of the temples: personnel, management of feasts, economy and on the ritual practices towards certain deities like Allat and Shai ‘al-Qaum. These texts were previously called in the research literature “sacred laws”and what the scholarly debate nowadays labels with the term “ritual norms.”The aim of this paper, divided on the temple economy and personnel, and ritual behavior, is to understand through the scraps of information the administration of the Palmyrene temples and processes which shaped the life in the places of worship.…”
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From the history of symbolic politics in the american revolution («the tree of liberty») by Mariya Filimonova

“…The crown may be associated with the upper world, a shelter of deities or spirits. The renewal of spring foliage connects the tree with the idea of death and resurrection, and fertility. …”
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‘Divine Offspring’: Richard Hooker’s Neoplatonic Account of Law and Causality by Kirby Torrance

“…For Hooker, therefore, ‘all thinges’-including even the Elizabethan constitution in Church and Commonwealth, are God’s offspring: ‘they are in him as effects in their highest cause, he likewise actuallie is in them, the assistance and influence of his deitie is theire life.’…”
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Panji in Javanese court literature and beyond by Ann Kumar

“…The latter does draw heavily on mythic validation, for instance from indigenous Javanese deities and from Islamic figures, but here too there is a notable lack of reference to Panji as an ideal. …”
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Kígyókultusz Cheju szigetén a ponp’uri-k tükrében by Erika Vörös

“…Ponp’uris – origin stories of the worship of certain deities or shrines, recited during shamanic rites (kut) – are invaluable sources for research. …”
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Manuscripts and monuments: the ten contracts of Djefai-Hapi and economies of knowledge by Jochem Kahl

“…Originally written on papyrus or leather, the ten contracts between Djefai-Hapi and the priests of the main deities of his city and the necropolis staff ensured that Djefai-Hapi would be able to participate in the local cult(s) on a regular basis after his death. …”
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Shifting Milestones of Natural Sciences: The Ancient Egyptian Discovery of Algol's Period Confirmed. by Lauri Jetsu, Sebastian Porceddu

“…Unlike many previous attempts to uncover the reasoning behind the myths of individual days, we discover the actual rules in the appearance and behaviour of deities during the whole year.…”
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The Egalitarian Principle of “Qist” as Lived Ethic: Towards a Liberational Tafsir by Omaima Mostafa Abou-Bakr

“…Especially in the domains of gender relations, poverty conditions, and authorial power, the divine injunction for applying equality in lived contexts becomes a call for liberation from “zulm” (injustice) and “taghut” (false deities). Can the examination of this concept and its affiliates form the basis for a scriptural theorization on an Islamic theology of social and economic justice, of resistance to tyranny and unjust constructions of privilege and superiority? …”
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CULTURAL PROCESSIONS IN THE CENTRAL HIMALAYA: HISTORICAL AND SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE by Vishwambhar Prasad Sati

“…The cultural processions take place when the idols of folk deities both male and female, including Dolies and Nishans, are carried by the devotees from their abodes to other cultural places. …”
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The Evolution of Israel's Religion from Abraham to Pre-Exilic and Its Significance for Christians by Suyadi Tjhin, Leonardo C. Dendeng

“…The evolution of Israel's religion can be said to be inseparable from the population, natural, socio-political, marriage, or family factors, where religion is the ultimate concern for survival, aligning life with the universe (aligning one's self with the universe), appeasing the gods including Baal, Asherah, Molok, and others to get their favor (how to placate the deities and secure their favor) with the background of the principle that obedience can be a blessing and disobedience can be a curse. …”
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Rethinking identity theory in light of the in-Christ identity in the African context by Philip La G. Du Toit

“…In African religious identity, identity is linked to both the community and the ruling deities, which are perceived to be real entities that intervene in human affairs and identity, presupposing a supernaturalistic epistemology. …”
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La ruine angkorienne et le fromager : une mise en cloche d’un paysage fantasmé synonyme d’inaction ? by Sébastien Preuil

“…Today, although most Khmers do not appreciate this image of temples reclaimed by the forest which they consider as disrespectful of deities and a sign of the decline of their civilization, some monuments are voluntarily maintained by the Apsara Authority in a state of ruin in order to perpetuate romantic images which appeal to foreign tourists. …”
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