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  • ...g/wiki/Oslac Oslac]). In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic Roman Republic], victories were [[celebrated]] by triumph [[ceremonies]] and [[mo ...rinthians.2C_XV 1 Corinthians 15:55]; see also Jesus Christ in comparative mythology).
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  • ...family life; [[language]], [[literature]], and [[art]]; [[religion]] and [[mythology]]; [[technology]], [[science]], and [[medicine]].
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  • ...ail depicted in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_mythology Egyptian mythology] is that it was an agricultural instrument used to thresh wheat, not implem ...dered Jesus to be scourged, it being the first [[step]] in the traditional Roman punishment for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parricide parricide].[https:/
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  • ...]] attendants, including the goat [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalthea_(mythology) Amalthea] ("Nourishing Goddess"), who fed him with her milk. The suckling ...ucopia was created when [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracles Heracles] (Roman Hercules) wrestled with the river god [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achelo
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  • ...a sylvan [[deity]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek mythology] having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian re ...g a goat-tail, goat-like ears, and sometimes a goat-like phallus. In Roman Mythology there is a similar concept with goat-like features, the [https://en.wikiped
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  • ...club leader" to "master of the tables" at syssitia to "Roman governor". In Roman terms, archontes ruled by imperium, whereas Basileis ("Kings") had [[auctor [[Category: Mythology]]
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  • ...s a set of all the gods of a particular [[polytheistic]] [[religion]] or [[mythology]]. ...the increasingly multicultural [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman Empire], with subjects worshipping gods from many [[cultures]] and [[tradit
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  • ...ated with the number [[three]]. Such deities are common throughout world [[mythology]]; the number three has a long [[history]] of mythical associations. [https ...The [[religious]] iconographic repertoire of Gaul and Britain during the [[Roman]] period includes a wide range of triple forms: the most common triadic dep
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  • #Graces Greek & Roman Mythology Three sister goddesses, known in Greek mythology as Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, who dispense [[charm]] and [[beauty]].
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  • In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek mythology], the '''Labyrinth''' (Greek λαβύρινθος labyrinthos, possibly the ...e designs became more elaborate, visual depictions of the Labyrinth from [[Roman]] times until the [[Renaissance]] are almost invariably unicursal. Branchin
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  • ...ry, have a belief in polytheism, such as Shinto, Ancient Greek Polytheism, Roman Polytheism, Germanic Polytheism, Slavic polytheism,Chinese folk religion, N The deities of polytheistic religions are [[agents]] in [[mythology]], where they are portrayed as [[complex]] personages of greater or lesser
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  • ...d illegal [[procedure]] since the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_law Roman law] provided that only those [[condemned]] to die by [[crucifixion]] shoul ...ecalling his [[wife]]'s note and the [https://www.library.theoi.com/ Greek mythology] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology#Age_of_gods_and_mort
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  • ...te of birth, and the date may have been chosen to correspond with either a Roman festival[6] or the winter solstice.[7] ...Saint Nicholas and elements from [[pagan]] [[Nordic]] and [[Christian]] [[mythology]], and his modern appearance is believed to have originated in 19th century
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  • ...re tossed to read destiny, from [[Thrace]] to pagan [[Mecca]]. In [[Yoruba mythology|Yoruba]] traditional [[religion]], the [[Ifá]] oracle is consulted via a s ...in Greek mythology, [[Parcae]] in Roman mythology, and [[Norns]] in Norse mythology, who determinted the events of the world. One word derivative of "fate" is
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  • ...'The [[pagan]] [[cults]]''. These were a combination of Hellenic and Latin mythology, patriotism, and tradition. ...ions]] of both churches by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman government].
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  • ===In mythology, spirituality and religion=== In Egyptian [[mythology]], the Egyptian soul (heart) was weighed in a balance against the feather o
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  • ...in the towns and cities of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman Empire]; cf. Orosius Histories 1. Prol. "''Ex locorum agrestium compitis et ...raditions is the absence of [[proselytism]] and the presence of a living [[mythology]], which informs religious [[practice]].
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  • .../Greek_mythology Greek] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mythology Roman gods] In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology ancient Greek mythology], '''ambrosia''' (Greek: ἀμβροσία) is sometimes the [[food]] or dr
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  • By the early first milennium AD, following the expansion of the Roman Empire and the Great Migrations (Migration Period) of Germanic peoples, Cel * MacKillop, James. ''A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-19-280120-1
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  • ...natural events and to explain the nature of the universe and humanity. '''Mythology''' also refers to the branch of [[knowledge]] dealing with the collection, ...least since Tocqueville compared American society to 'a vast lottery', our mythology of business has celebrated risk-taking." The adjective ''mythical'' dates t
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  • In Roman Catholicism, courage is referred to as "Fortitude"[2] as one of the four ca ...trusting in your own strength," as observed by Jacob Grimm in his Teutonic Mythology,
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  • ...r δελφός ''delphus'' "womb" and may indicate archaic veneration of [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]], Grandmother [[Earth]], and the [[Earth Goddess]] at the site. Apol ...s well as the [[Pythian Games]] and the famous prehistoric oracle. Even in Roman times, hundreds of votive statues remained, described by [[Pliny the Younge
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  • ...rs, such as the pharaohs of the New Kingdom, the Japanese Tennos, and some Roman Emperors have been worshipped by their subjects as deities while still aliv ...deities and their deeds are referred to as myths, the study of which is [[mythology]]. The word "myth" has an overtone of [[fiction]], so religious people comm
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  • ...esus and his accusers had gathered in front of Pilate's judgment hall, the Roman governor came out, and addressing the company assembled, asked: ...scourge him. This was in itself an unjust and illegal procedure since the Roman law provided that only those condemned to die by crucifixion should be thus
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  • ...]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_europe#Classical_Antiquity Roman Europe] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_AD first century after Ch ...pomorphism]]. But the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Mythology Greek mythology] was more [[aesthetic]] than [[ethic]]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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  • ...into the [[presence]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_governor Roman governor] by the temple guards, bound, and was accompanied by about fifty o ...vious evening, to employ the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_soldiers Roman soldiers] in [[arresting]] the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man So
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  • ...of a Jewish [[Messiah]] in the [[Greek]] tongue, while he himself was a [[Roman]] [[citizen]]. *1. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident#The_Roman_Empire Roman political and social systems].
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  • ...from [[Ferdinand de Saussure]], [[Hjelmslev]], [[Émile Benveniste]] and [[Roman Jakobson]] and Holquist they were all characterized as being highly [[syste ...as well and include such [[genre]]s as [[Epic poetry|epic]], [[legend]], [[Mythology|myth]], [[ballad]], plus other forms of oral poetry, and [[folktale]].
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  • ...es and all the way until the coming of Christianity and Islam in the Græco-Roman and Arab eras. These were conducted by Egyptian priests or magicians. ...is indigenous to Africa, all the way from the predynastic until the Graeco-Roman eras, over 3000 years. The Dromedary, domesticated first in Arabia, first a
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  • ...eality, real power for those who sacrifice themselves in myth. History and mythology show that the master could go as far as to sacrifice his life to the mythic ...commerce. The game of exchange became a matter of calculation. The playful Roman promise to sacrifice a cock to the gods in exchange for a peaceful voyage r
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  • ...the [[Imperium]Roman Empire]] in the 5th and 6th centuries their Germanic mythology
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  • ...to as "the Earth", "Planet Earth", "[[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]]", "[[Terra (mythology)|Terra]]",Note that by [[International Astronomical Union]] convention, the ...hose name in English is not derived from [[Greek mythology|greco]]-[[roman mythology]].
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  • contiuued, "In Roman days, approximately A.D. 500, agaiu male, get Roman, but this time it's as an artisan, a worker in silver and
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  • ...the men who first conceived such [[deities]]. [[Ancient]] religions and [[mythology]] faithfully portray the [[beliefs]] and [[traditions]] of peoples long sin
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  • ...parallel with the relationship between Jesus Christ and His Church. The [[Roman Catholic Church]] believes it is morally wrong to divorce, and divorcées c * Tylor, E.B. 1974. ''Primitive culture: researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, art, and custom.'' New York: Gordon Press. First pub
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  • ...parallel with the relationship between Jesus Christ and His Church. The [[Roman Catholic Church]] believes it is morally wrong to divorce, and divorcées c * Tylor, E.B. 1974. ''Primitive culture: researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, art, and custom.'' New York: Gordon Press. First pub
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  • ...xotic beliefs to Europeans at this time. [[Hinduism|Hindu]] and [[Egyptian mythology]] frequently feature in nineteenth century magical texts. The late 19th cen Medieval Judaism preserved and embellished practices of Greco-Roman magic. Virtually all works of pseudepigraphica claim, or are ascribed, anci
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  • ...ears ago, some states, such as [[Persian Empire|Persia]], [[China]], and [[Roman Empire|Rome]], developed through conquest into the first expansive [[empire ...Literature includes such [[genre]]s as [[epic poetry|epic]], [[legend]], [[mythology|myth]], [[ballad]], and [[folklore]].
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