category: gods

... erotic love and his wife Rati , who is the goddess of erotic love ( L 109r ... stories of Manmatha and Rati reflect the joy of Tamil people both in their ... stories illustrate the religious heroines and heroes of the Tamil people ; these ...

The Call of Cthulhu and Dagon introduce the Great Old Ones, powerful deities who reside outside the normal dimensions of space-time, with physical forms that are impossible for the human mind to fathom.

... Santana - Gōpāla . SANTÄNA- Also as a baby divine , identified with Supreme Vishnu , GÕPĀLA . he is sometimes pictured ... Mantra of the Rig - Veda , beginning with the words bhadrō bhadrayā , etc. The explanatory comment ( nirukta ) is ...

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A tale of love and allegiance. --------------- This fantasy romance was previously published with a different cover in 2009 by Amber Quill Press. This is the second edition.

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... powers. Polytheistic religions presuppose an array of divine beings that hold sway overthe human and natural spheres. It isthere- fore not surprising that divine will is connected almost uni- versally with fruitful crops, success in war ...

... Subramanya Bhujangam . The daily recital of this is quite common and is a rewarding experience . In Tamil , there are innumerable hymns and songs composed by the Tamil savants . The most important among them are the Thiruppugazh and ...

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"Nagash revives an ancient grudge with the God-King Sigmar as a ferocious new war between the living and the dead shakes the Mortal Realms.

This comprehensive guide to deities contains entries for more than 20,000 gods and goddesses from a range of cultures and eras.

... English). 5. Bloomfield, M., Contributions to the Interpretation of the Vedas, in JAOS XV 143-63 (1893) (In English). 6. Bloomfield, M., The Religion of the Vedas, New York, 1908 (In English). 7. Keith, A.B., Religion and Philosophy of ...

... English versions , whereas in Bengali he uses the more traditional Vedantic names , Iśvara and Parameśvara.62 To controvert the pundits of his time Roy felt that he needed to go back to the roots , to the Vedas themselves , acknowledged ...

Wash Edward Hale. entity.229 The formation of sura- firmly fixed ásura- with a pejor- ative connotation.230 Criticism of Venkatesvaran's Position Evidence seems to be lacking that an asura must be incorporeal or spiritual . Also , the word ...

... Tārā ' . She is worshipped by unhappy lovers , but can only be invoked when no woman is near . She is believed to be ... Red is the colour of love in India , and according to the sadhana translated by M. Foucher : The Happy One is red of ...

... Aje Shaluga , god of riches ; Ayelala , protectress of morality , 96 ) enemy of all evil ; Dada , god of plants and newborn babes ; 98 ) Ela , god of peace and placability , who is also a god of 99 ) 100 ) divination ; Ibeji , god of ...

... Saraswati , Nalini , Annada , etc. Following the tradition of cele- brating the holy names of Goddess , we have chosen 108 names , signifying the 108 beads in a rosary . Chanting the Goddess ' name evokes in us a religious fervour , and ...

The Syro-Palestinian Pantheon as Bureaucracy Lowell K. Handy. Chapter 5 Artisan Deities ... Divine Travel as a Token of Divine Rank , " UF 16 ( 1984 ) 359 . Individuals at this level might be called specialists or " 131 Artisan Deities The ...

... spells on it could no longer keep them from seeing it. “This is large. There ... stealth. Protection suited them better. The plan turned out to be quite ... swords raised, ran back into the complex. They were only seventeen against many ...

... A.D. 8397 and make him a contemporary of the Bhauma king Śubhākaradeva III . Raṇastambha was also known as Ālānastambha , Nidayastambha and possibly Kulastambha II . He is known to have built a number of temples for the worship of Śiva ...

Arjunsinh K. Parmar. 7 The Greatness of Vidura Neeti in the Mahābhārata -R . Sampath There is a famous saying . " If one wants to know how to lead a good life , one must read Ramayana and if one wants to know how to lead how not to lead ...

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Illustrated with a wide selection of Japanese paintings and arefacts, Japanese Gods and Myths is a concise and lively introduction to a facinating area of mythology.

... let me place my lion's skin between my shoulders and the sky , so that the weight may be less painful to bear . " Atlas could take no objection to that , so he put his own shoulders under the dome of heaven to let ... fall upon the shoulders ...

... devil ; 10 , sudaroùcшů Kāma- vikāra - pēy , i . e . lust - devil ; 11. arcu Kalla - pēy , i . e . theft - devil ... demons called Bhūtas are represented with small , thick bodies , │'│ of a red color , with pigtails round their heads ...

But is she? Sometimes, only the direst need can teach us our own depths, and Sarai, the Muse of Nightmares, has not yet discovered what she's capable of.