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Sabaean inscription listing the gods 'Athtar, Almaqah, Dhat-Himyam, Dhat-Badan and Wadd. Deities formed a part of the polytheistic religious beliefs in pre-Islamic Arabia, with many of the deities' names known. [ 1] Up until about the time between the fourth century AD and the emergence of Islam, polytheism was the dominant form of religion in ...
In Greek mythology, Thanatos (/ ˈ θ æ n ə t ɒ s /; [3] Ancient Greek: Θᾰ́νᾰτος, Thánatos, pronounced in Ancient Greek: "Death", [4] from θνῄσκω thnēskō "(I) die, am dying" [5] [6]) was the personification of death. He was a minor figure in Greek mythology, often referred to but rarely appearing in person.
Roman copy after a Greek original of the 4th–3rd century B.C. Marble. Hermitage. In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Persephone ( / pərˈsɛfəniː / pər-SEF-ə-nee; Greek: Περσεφόνη, romanized : Persephónē ), also called Kore ( / ˈkɔːriː / KOR-ee; Greek: Κόρη, romanized : Kórē, lit. 'the maiden') or Cora, is the ...
Greek underworld. In Greek mythology, the Asphodel Meadows or Asphodel Fields ( Ancient Greek: ἀσφοδελὸς λειμών, romanized : asphodelòs leimṓn) [ 1] was a section of the ancient Greek underworld where the majority of ordinary souls were sent to live after death. [ 2] It was one of the three main divisions of the underworld ...
Christian mysticism. Henosis ( Ancient Greek: ἕνωσις) is the classical Greek word for mystical "oneness", "union" or "unity". In Neoplatonism, henosis is unification with what is fundamental in reality: the One ( Τὸ Ἕν ), the Source, or Monad. [ 1] The Neoplatonic concept has precedents in the Greek mystery religions [ 2] as well ...
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories concern the ancient Greek religion 's view of the origin and nature of the world; the lives and activities of deities ...
Yōkai (妖怪, "strange apparition") are a class of supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore.The word yōkai is composed of two kanji characters that both mean "suspicious, doubtful", [1] and while it is derived from the Chinese term yaoguai and involves similarly strange creatures, some Japanese commentators argue that the word yōkai has taken on multiple different meanings ...
Graeae. In Greek mythology, the Graeae ( / ˈɡriːiː /; Ancient Greek: Γραῖαι Graiai, lit. 'old women', alternatively spelled Graiai ), also called the Grey Sisters and the Phorcides ( 'daughters of Phorcys' ), [ 1] were three sisters who had gray hair from their birth and shared one eye and one tooth among them. [ 2][ 3] They were the ...