La dimensión mítica de la peregrinación tarasca by Roberto Martínez González

“…In the foundation myth described in the Relación de Michoacán, the alliance and confrontation between male solar hunters and female aquatic-telluric, fisher-farmers represent the union of opposites but complementary principles, analogous to those participating in the set up of the human being. Considering that the deity and the people are mutually represented, the displacement of the Chichimecs in the north-south sense is comparable to the apparent seasonally movement of the sun – their god – in the horizon, and symbolizes at the same time the origins of the real Tarascan and a change in the economic strategies during the annual cycle. …”
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God as father: the representation of the tenth plague in children's Bibles by J. S. du Toit

“…The latter’s death through the direct agency of God presents a problematic perspective on the portrayal of the deity as loving father in light of the anti-hero, Pharaoh’s, loss. …”
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Applying Durkheim to Elvis by Mark Duffett

“…In this article I argue that although Elvis fans are not substituting him for a deity, we can use one mechanism from Emile Durkheim’s theory of totemic religion to understand the human chemistry of his phenomenon. …”
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Les Syriens en mer Rouge et en Arabie du Sud aux premiers siècles de notre ère : apports de l’iconographie by Jean-François Breton

“…Both reliefs depict a nimbed deity standing on a chariot drawn by wild animals, lions or bulls. …”
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Le vocabulaire des directions cardinales dans les dialectes du continuum cri-innu-naskapi-atikamekw by Vincent Collette

“…The analysis of the morphology and the semantics of the words (particles, verbs and nouns) which express cardinal directions shows that these languages use four sources of lexicalization in order to name the cardinal directions: sun cycle, wind direction, river flow, wind/cardinal deity. The data from the Eastern dialects of the Cree-Innu-Naskapi-Atikamekw continuum indicate that in traditional societies the referent which serves as the source of lexicalization for cardinal directions (that is, river flow and sun cycle) is more salient than the direction itself and that some economic, social, cultural and religious changes, provoked by the presence of persons and institutions belonging to the dominant society may accelerate lexical overlaps and replacement in the lexical domain of cardinal directions.…”
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Medea Rejuvenates Herself: Female Roles and the Use of the Body in Seneca’s Medea by Ildikó Csepregi

“…To back this argument, the paper also highlights her previous acts of rejuvenation in textual and pictorial testimonies and argues that Seneca presented Medea as a rather positive figure, a deity, a magician, a healer, who is capable of ruling over life and death. …”
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Dispersion of the Yorùbá to the Americas: A Fatalist Hermeneutics of Orí in the Yorùbá Cosmos – Reading from Tutuoba: Salem’s Black Shango Slave Queen by Emmanuel Adeniyi

“…The article argues that the transatlantic enslavement of the Yorùbá is a fait accompli willed by their Supreme Deity. Tough traumatic, transatlantic slavery reworlded Yorùbá cultural codes, birthed the Atlantic sub-group of the ethno-nation, and aided the emergence of Yorùbá-centric religions in the New World. …”
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Psychisme et opérativité chez Maître Eckhart by Yves Meessen

“…Through the Eckhartian distinction between God and Deity, Jung recognises that any psychological production of a personification of God is already derived from an unconscious activity from which the soul draws its dynamism. …”
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‘Bright Cynthia comes to hunt and revel here’ : constellations mythologiques et cynégétiques dans Titus Andronicus et Thomas of Woodstock by Agnès Lafont

“…An analysis of the proper / improper reinterpretations of this classical myth within the performance text of these two tragedies allows us to draw a new portrait of the once virtuous and amiable deity that presided over amorous love sonnet sequences of the period – Delia by Samuel Daniel (1592) and Diana by Henry Constable (1594).…”
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« La vision d’un monde marquée par les pratiques locales » au prisme du roman policier – entre « villes » et « campagnes » by Daisuke Fukunishi

“…The problems that arise in the closed space of the countryside are resolved by entities (a deity, a detective) from outside (the beyond, the city). …”
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The people of Cuth made Nergal (2 Kings 17:30).The historicity and cult of Nergal in the Ancient Middle East. by Leszek Rasztawicki

“… In this paper we would like to investigate the historicity of Nergal of Cuth in the context of Mesopotamian literature and religion. The deity Nergal of Cuth appears only once in the Hebrew Bible (2 Kings 17:30). …”
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Naxi Cosmology of Mt Yulong Sacred Sites with Caveats for Conservation by Jan Salick, Robbie Hart, Li Siyu

“…Challenges for conservation would be to integrate this cosmological view as well as origin myths, Naxi traditions of suicide, and Sanduo, the god of Mt Yulong, who “shines like lightning [and his] mouth spits fire” – not a deity to be engaged without care. Naxi stressed primacy of culture and cosmology. …”
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Once Again on ʾbk wdm in Ethiopian Sabaic by Aaron Michael Butts, Simcha Gross, Michael Hensley

“…In contrast, it is proposed here that ʾbk wdm continues the previous list of deity names, as already suggested in 1976 by Roger Schneider. …”
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Un ex-voto oculaire inscrit trouvé au Clos du Détour à Pannes (Loiret), sanctuaire du territoire sénon by Monique Dondin-Payre, Christian Cribellier

“…In spite of the fact that the archaeological assessment of the region is incomplete, numerous antique remains have been found; this sanctuary, whose deity (or deities) is/are unknown was important enough to attract, amongst others, a female Roman citizen of local origin, Prisceia Aviola. …”
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Religious Beliefs, Possession States, and Spirits: Three Case Studies from Sri Lanka by Raveen Hanwella, Varuni de Silva, Alam Yoosuf, Sanjeewani Karunaratne, Pushpa de Silva

“…Patient A was a Buddhist who claimed to have special powers given by a local deity named Paththini. Patient B was a Catholic who experienced spirits around her whom she believed were sent by Satan. …”
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Kosova’s Goddess on the Throne: Critical Fabulation as an Anthropological Method by Drita Bruqi Kabashi

“…Paradoxically, the figurine’s significance and meaning (as a “goddess” deity) exist in direct contrast to the lived reality of contemporary Kosovar women. …”
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RELIGIOUS SYNCRETISM IN THE LENSES OF JEWISH-BUDHHISM: A RELIGIOUS IDEA IN MODERN AFRICA DEVELOPMENT WUKARI JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES by ZACHARIAH BULUS `` TAKORE, YAKUBU DOMINIC ALKALI, DANIEL BEM APUUIVOM

“… There are modern attempts to consider understanding God from similar perceptions while being accommodated to your deity. It has to do with mixing orblendingof two religious beliefs or bringingmore religions towards similar goals. …”
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Representation of Fictional Characters with Disabilities in Selected Crime Novels of Oͅládèͅjoͅ Òkédìjí by Oͅlálérè Adéyeͅmí

“…Òkédìjí rejects through his characterization technique and use of proverbs, the insidious kind of social categorization and stigmatization that carry with it a ‘devalued status’ for disabled people prevalent in the modern time as against the Yorùbá culture which regards those living with disability as ‘Eͅni-Òrìsà’ (offspring of the deity). The paper concluded that the message of the novelist about people with disabilities is that disability is not an element of inability; there is ability in disability if society projects a positive image of people with disabilities.                 …”
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Ghanaian Settlers in Orimedu: Oju Ota, Gender, and Christianity in a Coastal Fishing Community by Adebayo Adewusi

“…It explains that the Ghanaians were welcome despite their Christian identity because they simply adapted to the local religious landscape when they arrived and joined into the worship of Oju Ota, a local deity of fishermen. However, over the past three decades, the Ghanaians have established a Christian community which has been largely accepted. …”
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THE JUDICIAL RULINGS PERTAINING TO THE HAGIA SOPHIA IN TURKEY AND THE BABRI MOSQUE IN INDIA: An Analysis by Mohammad Shekaib Alam, Zaid Khaliq

“…<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>On November 9, 2019, the Supreme Court of India issued a ruling allowing for the construction of a temple dedicated to the Hindu deity Ram on the site of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Uttara Pradesh. …”
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