Religion
Ancient religion, with all those wonderful myths and splendid deities, is the subject of the pages listed below.
There are 34 items in Religion:
Manicheism
Manicheism can be seen as the first synthesis of world religions. This may explain why this kind of dualism could become a world religion itself and spread itself in a brief time from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.Teachings In the…Matres
Matres or Matronae (litt. "Mothers"): ancient deities, venerated in northwestern Europe. People sacrificing to the Aufanian Mothers The cult of the three…Messiah
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants. …Mishnah
Mishnah (Hebrew: מִשְׁנָה, "repetition"): first great collection of rabbinical wisdom.Sepphoris|type:picture] After the fall of Jerusalem, in 70 CE, Jewish life had no temple and no high priest any more. Judaism had to reinvent itself. The Sadducees vanished, the people who had written the…Nehalennia
Nehalennia (Celtic: "she of the sea"): ancient goddess, venerated in the Roman age at the mouth of the river Scheldt. Statue…Poseidon
Poseidon (Greek: Ποσειδῶν): ancient Greek god of the sea, horses, and earthquakes. Adopting Greek mythology, the Romans identified him with Neptune.Poseidon …Sabbath
Sabbath: the seventh and last day of the Jewish week, a day for rest.According to the book of Genesis, God had finished the creation he had been making and rested from all his work on the seventh day.note[Genesis 2.2.] Because…Suovetaurilia
Suovetaurilia: Roman sacrifice of a pig (sus), a sheep (ovis) and a bull (taurus) to a fertility deity Suovetaurilia A suovetaurilia was a…Vihansa
Vihansa: name of native goddess, venerated by the Tungri in what is now eastern Belgium. Dedication to Vihansa The evidence for the…Zeus
Zeus (Greek: Ζεύς): Supreme deity of the ancient Greeks. Adopting Greek mythology, the Romans identified him with Jupiter.Zeus A thundering Zeus…