A Naturalistic Inquiry of Pilgrims’ Experience at a Religious Heritage Site: the Case of a Shaktipitha in India by Harveen Bhandari, Amit Mittal

“…Pilgrims travel to different religious sites spread throughout the country and an intimate bonding exists between people and religious sites that invariably constitute their heritage. The worship of deities is a significant and popular ancient custom in the history of Indian culture. …”
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Increased bone mineral density in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Hadzibegovic Irzal, Miskic Blazenka, Cosic Vesna, Prvulovic Deiti, Bistrovic Dragica

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Tibetan and Mongolian Works on Benefits of the Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra: System of Characters and Their Functions by Alina A. Gribkova

“…It should be noted that the praise of the Vajracchedikā is so cosmic that the sūtra is reported most revered not only by humans but also by Buddhas, deities, and beings of the underworld. Conclusions. …”
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Incense and ritual plant use in Southwest China: A case study among the Bai in Shaxi by Staub Peter O, Geck Matthias S, Weckerle Caroline S

“…</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>In Shaxi the use of incense mixtures at the household and community level is regularly practiced for communication with ancestors, ghosts, and deities and in some cases to strengthen self-awareness. …”
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Goddesses in Ramessid Egypt: representations of gender and gendered agency in the divine sphere by Scrivens, E

“…Studies of goddesses have tended to focus on materials associated with particular deities, and scholarly conversations surrounding gender have largely concerned the experiences of living people. …”

EL DELTA INDÍGENA: LOS GUARAÚNOS DEL ORINOCO EN LA ETNOGRAFÍA DEL OBISPO TURRADO by JOSÉ DÍAZ DIEGO

“…For him, cultures had a lot of similar and comparable aspects which he tried tounderline: marriage, family, authorities, deities, etc. Though Turrado did not carry out a deep analysis of cultural productions, he made a considerable effort to register the dimensions of daily life of Orinoco´s guaraunos with notable ethnographic rigor. …”
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Coroplastica ellenistica nella Collezione Archeologica “Francesco Messina” by Elena Calafato

“…The group is formed by 23 terracottas (mainly female figures of humans and deities, a small number of male figures and some figures related to Dionysiac universe). …”
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The ethno-etiquette in the Yakut culture: sacred strategies and behavioral code by Danilova N.K.

“…The study of folklore and ethnographic and linguistic materials made it possible to identify and analyze responses of the behavioral strategies that expand the boundaries of the developed space (travel customs and rituals), eliminate the “otherness” of a guest (an etiquette), and provide for communications between the man and the deities/spirits (a ritual). For the first time, archival and field materials on the guest and travel etiquette are introduced into scientific discourse. …”
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New Dedications to Hosios and Dikaios from the Museum of Eskişehir by Nalan Eda AKYÜREK ŞAHİN, Hüseyin UZUNOĞLU

“…One of the inscriptions (no.14) belongs to the Firuz Kınatlı collection registered to the museum. The deities of Hosios and Dikaios and their cult have been studied in some detailed articles to date. …”
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Tales of India in Buddha Age in Konjaku Monogatarishū by Trubnikova N. N.

“…This task is also pursued by the order of the stories and the method of their presentation, where a special attention is attracted to the motives of the Buddha’s family ties, the participation of deities in his life, the distribution of roles between his disciples, as well as the idea that the main provisions of the Mahayana teachings adopted in Japanese Buddhist schools are rooted in the Buddha epoch.…”
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Terracotta Figurines of Goddesses on Thrones from Borysthenes by Tetiana Shevchenko

“…The cults that used images of the goddess on the throne were associated with the least known Cabeiri (Kabeiroi), as well as Dionysus, Demeter, Artemis, Aphrodite, the Mother of the Gods, and other deities whose attributes remained clear to followers without their image.…”
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Byzantine People’s Anthropology. The Force of the Foot And Its Reflection in the Life of St. Theodore Sikeot by Nikolay Dmitrievich Barabanov

“…The feet can be associated with different deities, however, most of all, the following cult was associated with Serapis, the God of fertility, underworld and healing. …”
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Marriage and family customs of the Finno-Ugric peoples of the Volga region: legal and anthropological analysis (late XIX – early XX century) by Iuliia N. Sushkova

“…Great importance was attached to domestic deities. Many traditional features have been preserved in the regulation of marriage and family relations for a long time, which was due to the slow pace of the formation of market relations, patriarchal features of the family way of life, and the strength of family and kinship ties. …”
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Vad var Vandilsvé? by Anders Andrén

“…Another reading is based on the fact that sacral names ending in -vé (-vi) do not necessarily have names of deities as their first element. An example is Töravi, which derives from the old name for the island of Södertörn (Tör) and means “the sacred place of the inhabitants of Tör”. …”
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CONCEPCIONES SOBRE LOS ANIMALES EN GRUPOS MAYAS CONTEMPORÁNEOS by Fernando Guerrero Martínez

“…Animals’ privileged position as a bridge between human beings and deities and other beings can be read through animal signs and omens. …”
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Taya Caves, a Buddhist marvel hidden in underground Japan: stone properties, deterioration, and environmental setting by Luigi Germinario, Chiaki T. Oguchi, Yasuhiko Tamura, Sohyun Ahn, Momoko Ogawa

“…They are a maze of halls and galleries decorated with hundreds of rock-cut reliefs, picturing deities and masters of Buddhism, temples and shrines, real and fantastic animals, vegetal motifs, mandalas, zodiac signs, family crests, etc. …”
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Archeology of love: the representation of Aphrodite and Eros in ancient thought by Lidia Raquel Miranda

“…<p>Known is the figure of Aphrodite (Venus among Latins), Greek goddess of love and beauty, one of the twelve great deities of the Olympic pantheon. She embodies the force and creative omnipotence of loving desire, to which all living beings are subject without distinction: humans, animals and even the gods themselves. …”
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கொ. மா. கோதண்டம் படைப்புகளில் பளியர் இனவரைவியல் / Paliyar Ethnography in the Works of Ko. Ma. Gothandam... by ம. ஆன்றிஷா / M. Antisha

“…These people also worship Palichi and Ezhukannimars as deities. Kurinji flowers bloom once in seven years in the foothills of the Western Ghats in Rajapalayam, a region inhabited by Paliyar. …”
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Alcohol and its functions in the culture of the Khanty of the Surgut Ob region by Rud’ A.A.

“…In the ritual sphere, alcohol is a gift to the deities, from whom the indigenous people, in return, expect assistance to a person in hunting and fishing, prosperity, health, and safety. …”
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ANALISIS PARATEKSTUAL TERHADAP HIKAYAT WAYANG ARJUNA KARYA MUHAMMAD BAKIR by , Rias Antho Rahmi Suharjo, , Dr. Kun Zachrun Istanti, S.U.

“…Hikayat Wayang Arjuna tells about Rajuna who despised by kings and male deities because of his behavior and his statement that he was â��lanang sejagat sejagat tiyang lanangâ��. …”