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DEITIES |
Divinities |
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BAAL |
The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was
applied. |
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ELEMENTALISM |
The theory that the heathen divinities originated in
the personification of elemental powers. |
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KRISHNA |
The most popular of the Hindoo divinities, usually held to
be the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu. |
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HENOTHEISM |
Primitive religion in which each of several divinities
is regarded as independent, and is worshiped without reference to the
rest. |
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NAIAD |
A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled to
preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or
fountain. |
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NIMBUS |
A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light
around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals,
pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5. |
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SERAPIS |
An Egyptian deity, at first a symbol of the Nile, and so
of fertility; later, one of the divinities of the lower world. His
worship was introduced into Greece and Rome. |
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VESTA |
One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical
with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth;
hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it. |
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OSIRIS |
One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and
husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of
Upper Egypt, and ... |
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HERMES |
...often representing
Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for
portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Termi... |