Ideas of justice and fairness in the Greco-Roman magic tablets: a comparative-historical aspect by Kudryavtseva Tatyana Vladimirovna

“…In the Hellenistic and Roman period of the Ancient history the judicial magic underwent certain changes: a supplicant more often asked deities to help in the lawsuit, to bind the opponent’s tongue or speech etc. …”
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Domestic animals and birds in traditional rites of the Mordovians: Finno-Ugric context by Tatiana P. Devyatkina, Serafima S. Panfilova

“…In addition to the function of ritual sacrifice in various rites, they perform the apotropaic function in folk signs and fortunetelling, thanksgiving and propitiatory functions in the rituals associated with the patron deities of the elements. In the modern culture of the Mordovians, the traditional ritual functions of domestic animals and birds are being transformed into the utilitarian function. …”
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Boundaries, Magic, and Popular Religion in two Mosaics from Ancient Thysdrus (El Jem in Tunisia) by Laurie Porstner

“…Romans, too, had a number of deities whom they could appeal to whose powers comprised boundaries including the Lares Compitales (gods of the crossroads) and Janus. …”
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Tummali ajalugu. Mõningaid märkusi muistsete Sumeri kuningate ja nende kuningavõimu ideoloogia kohta by Vladimir Sazonov

“…The current short but very important Sumerian literary text, which was written in the Sumerian language at the end of the reign of Ur III (2112–2004 BCE) or at the beginning of the Isin-Larsa epoch (ca 21st or 20th century BCE), consists of only 33 lines.The temple of Tummal is dedicated to the goddess Ninlil, spouse of the god Enlil, who was the main god of Mesopotamia, the protector of kingship, and the king of all deities. Tummal was a very significant sanctuary for Sumerians and played an important role not only in religion, but also in royal ideology. …”
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Motiejaus Kazimiero Sarbievijaus Akmens pašventinimas (Sacra Lithothesis): žanro problema | Sacra Lithothesis (Consecration of the Stone) by Motiejus Kazimieras Sarbievijus: the Ge... by Skirmantė Šarkauskienė

“…This is a dramatic pageant with antique mythological deities and personifications of abstract concepts expressing virtues acting as characters. …”
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Enlightenment on the Spirit-Altar: Eschatology and Restoration of Morality at the King Kwan Shrine in <i>Fin de siècle</i> Seoul by Jihyun Kim

“…By the mid-nineteenth century, Guandi—the apotheosized version of the warrior Guan Yu—had emerged as one of the most popular spirit-writing deities in Qing dynasty China. This article explores the Korean faith and practice of spirit-writing centered on Thearch Kwan (Ch. …”
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TEMPLE DESTRUCTION AND THE GREAT MUGHALS’ RELIGIOUS POLICY IN NORTH INDIA: A CASE STUDY OF BANARAS REGION, 1526-1707 by Parvez Alam

“…According to one group, Mughals’ religious policy was very intolerance towards non-Muslims and their holy places, while the opposite group does not agree with it, and say that Mughlas adopted a liberal religious policy which was in favour of non-Muslims and their deities. In the context of Banaras we see the second view. …”
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Globalisation and its effects on Religious Practices: A Case Study of the Hindu Community in Durban, South Africa by Elena Vladimirovna Kudrya-Marais, Folasayo Enoch Olalere

“…For example, many Hindu deities have specific colours associated with their attire, signifying their qualities. …”
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Plants as Symbols of Power in the Achaemenid Iconography of Ancient Persian Monuments by Giulia Caneva, Alessandro Lazzara, Zohreh Hosseini

“…Such representations clearly had a symbolic meaning intimately connected to religious expression and the will of deities. Considering the lack of any comprehensive analysis of botanical features, we investigate the recurring plant patterns and the variety of plants depicted. …”
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Houses of Northern Mesopotamia during the transition to the Neolithic: utilitarian and sacral contexts by Tatiana Kornienko

“…A special sacred attitude towards ancient dwellings is manifested through material evidence of the symbolic treatment by their inhabitants; appropriate decoration of the outstanding ritual inter-tribal complex of Göbekli Tepe, whose ‘dwellings of deities’ were created on a similar model to the first man-made long-term human dwellings; and use of this model in constructing of a special type of public cult structures at settlements in the transition from PPNA to PPNB, as well as in the Early and Middle PPNB. …”
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Tea Well-Wishes in Contemporary Kalmyk Lyric Poetry: The Folklore Aspect Revisited by Rimma M. Khaninova

“…Tea well-wishes authored by Kalmyk poets describe offerings to ancestors, deities, as well as treats to guests, which reveals the primacy and undeniable significance of tea in rituals, rites, and hospitality. …”
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Cultura e política nos quadrinhos de Henfil Culture and politics in Henfil's cartoons by Maria da Conceição Francisca Pires

“…I defend the premise that, by means of grotesques and fantastic features, in irony and carnavalization scenario, Henfil has demystified the religious and political deities, replacing them with the doubt and placing them side by side with ridicule. …”
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The compassionate saviour and lethal temptresses: Kannon and Femme Fatales in setsuwa literature during the Heian period by Liaw, Jia Xuan

“…Appearing more often than any other deities in medieval Japanese texts, tales of Kannon featured prominently in premodern Japanese tales called setsuwa. …”
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Miniature buildings in the Liao (907-1125) and the Northern Song (960-1127) periods by Chen, X

“…To date no work has taken the position of this thesis to examine this corpus of miniature buildings that were used widely in tombs and temples as containers to provide coverings for coffins, and to hold images of deities, Buddhist relics and sutras, as seen in both archaeological discoveries and textual resources. …”

Transpersonal care through Reiki: Experiences of family members of children with sickle cell disease by Amarry Dantas Morbeck, Erika Anny Costa Cerqueira, Paulo Roberto Lima Falcão do Vale, Margaret Jean Harman Watson, Evanilda Souza de Santana Carvalho

“…After the meetings, feelings emerged towards valuing the self as a person to be cared for, reducing anxiety and stress, reconnecting with beliefs and deities, acceptance of the disease, the role of caregiver and the future, as well as better interaction with family members in order to manage conflicts harmonically. …”
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An Offering of Grain: The Agricultural and Spiritual Cycle of a Food System in the Kailash Sacred Landscape, Darchula, Far Western Nepal by Francesca Castagnetti, Francesca Castagnetti, Jagdish Bhatta, Alexander Greene, Alexander Greene, Alexander Greene

“…Based on ethnobiological fieldwork conducted in the Kailash Sacred Landscape of far western Nepal, we show how religious festivals and rituals reenact the covenant between people and the land through the numinous intercession of Hindu gods and landscape deities. To demonstrate this, we present the local calendar of the agricultural and ritual year based on data collected through household surveys and participation in festivals and agricultural activities. …”
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Water-Driven Music Technologies through Centuries by Mohammad Valipour, Rodney Briscoe, Luigi Falletti, Petri S. Juuti, Tapio S. Katko, Riikka P. Rajala, Rohitashw Kumar, Saifullah Khan, Maria Chnaraki, Andreas Angelakis

“…Throughout ancient mythology, several different gods have been linked to music in many civilizations, in particular, Minoa, Mehrgarh, and Gandhara. Water deities were usually significant amid civilizations located next to a sea or an ocean, or even a great river like the Indus River in Pakistan, the Nile River in the Middle East or the Ganga River in India. …”
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An ecolinguistic study: The representation of forest conservation practices in the discourse of Anak Dalam Jambi tribe, Indonesia by Bambang Prastio, Anang Santoso, Roekhan, Ahsani Maulidina, I Wayan Numertayasa, I Putu Oka Suardana

“…The results of this research reveal that the conservation practices carried out by the ADJT are related to four aspects, which they employ to maintain environmental harmony: ideology (as a guiding principle in life), biology (as a reference for meeting basic needs), sociology (as a reference for regulating interactions between humans, humans and deities, and humans and the forest), and culture (as a reference for guiding traditional ways of treating the forest through customary laws, rituals, and oral literature). …”
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Dépôts et pratiques symboliques dans l’établissement aristocratique gaulois de Varennes-sur-Seine, la Justice (Seine-et-Marne) by Jean-Marc Séguier, Ginette Auxiette, Fabien Pilon

“…It is suggested that this assemblage is a propitiatory or consecration offering, perhaps even constituting the portions reserved for the deities of a commensal meal. The decomposing juices from the meat were likely intended as nourishment for the subterranean deities, which makes it possible to compare this structure to the hollow altars of Latin sanctuaries. …”
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W kręgu religijności antycznej − misteria eleuzyjskie. Od mitu do kultu by Jarosław Nowaszczuk

“…Thus, the myth concerning the chthonic deities became the basis for an interesting religious phenomenon that allows us to understand other mystery cults and makes us more familiar with the outlook on life of many people in ancient times.…”
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