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The following list of art deities is arranged by continent with names of mythological figures and deities associated with the arts. Art deities are a form of religious iconography incorporated into artistic compositions by many religions as a dedication to their respective gods and goddesses. The various artworks are used throughout history as ...
[3] [4] Since the early 1970s, Dashu has delivered visual presentations on women's history throughout North America, Europe and Australia. [3] Dashu is the author of Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, 700–1100 (2016), the first volume of a planned 16-volume series called Secret History of the Witches. [5]
Sweyn Forkbeard (died 1014), pagan king of Denmark; Swithhelm, pagan king of Essex but converted to Christianity in 662; Tytila (died c. 616), semi-historical pagan king of East Anglia; Veleda, priestess and prophetess of the Bructeri tribe; Waluburg, Semnonian seeress in the service of the governor of Roman Egypt; Wehha, king of the East Angles
The Moirai themselves were depicted in Renaissance and modern art as a young girl , an older woman , and an elderly woman , but no surviving art from antiquity depicts them as such. The connection between the Fates and the variously named Triple Moon Goddess, then ultimately led to the conflation of these concepts. [ 8 ]
People who follow animistic, pagan, polytheistic, or shamanistic faiths, including both traditional ethnic/folk religions and neopagan revivals. Subcategories This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
Patricia Kennealy-Morrison – Celtic pagan high priestess, rock critic, author of The Keltiad series of science fiction/fantasy novels, and Strange Days – My Life With and Without Jim Morrison; Ludwig Klages, German philosopher; Sharon Knight, Celtic / rock musician, songwriter, producer; front person of the pagan rock band Pandemonaeon ...
Detail of the figure of God, which was painted by Michelangelo in a single day and may represent Michelangelo himself, painting the ceiling To the left, God creates the Earth and, to the right, God creates the Sun to light the day and the Moon to light the night.
Baltic Finnic pagans were polytheistic, believing in a number of different deities.Most of the deities ruled over a specific aspect of nature; for instance, Ukko was the god of the sky and thunder (ukkonen and ukonilma ["Ukko's air"] are still used in modern Finnish as terms for thunderstorms).