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' evil tower ') – Also known as the Akujin, the Kibi-no-Ananowatari-no-Kami and as the Anato-no-Kami, Akuru is a malevolent kami that is mentioned in the Keikoki (records regarding the time of the Emperor Keiko), the Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan), and the Kojiki (The Records of Ancient Matters).
According to Roman Jakobson in a review of Max Vasmer's Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language : The most precious and miraculous stone (stone for all stones) of Russian folklore, "alatyr" or "latir" is undoubtedly an alternation of the word "latygor" (derived from Latgalia ) and means a Latvian stone, which is to say, amber.
di superi, the gods above or heavenly gods, whose altars were designated as altaria. [2] di terrestres, "terrestrial gods," whose altars were designated as arae. di inferi, the gods below, that is, the gods of the underworld, infernal or chthonic gods, whose altars were foci, fire pits or specially constructed hearths.
Gallu demons hauled unfortunate victims off to the underworld.They were one of seven devils (or "the offspring of hell") of Babylonian theology that could be appeased by the sacrifice of a lamb at their altars.
Yaldabaoth, otherwise known as Jaldabaoth or Ialdabaoth [a] (/ ˌ j ɑː l d ə ˈ b eɪ ɒ θ /; Koinē Greek: Ιαλδαβαώθ, romanized: Ialdabaóth; Latin: Ialdabaoth; [1] Coptic: ⲒⲀⲖⲦⲀⲂⲀⲰⲐ Ialtabaôth), is a malevolent God and demiurge (creator of the material world) according to various Gnostic sects, represented sometimes as a theriomorphic, lion-headed serpent.
[A] vigorous and eloquent book, a work of daring revision and a masterpiece of the historical imagination.... At once meticulous and lush, The Stripping of the Altars patiently and systematically recovers the lost world of medieval English Catholicism. ...[W]hile the first two-thirds of this book is a deeply textured work of historical ...
The leader prays at the altar before taking his or her place beside the medium at the table. The leader is present when the possession takes place while religious music or Afro-Cuban chants are played to praise the orishas. [18] Before to the ceremony, there is a religious cleansing of the area to remove any evil spirits.
The altar (illustration from Brockhaus and Efron Jewish Encyclopedia (1906–1913)) The description of the altar in Solomon's Temple gives it larger dimensions (2 Chronicles 4:1. Comp. 1 Kings 8:22, 8:64; 9:25), and was made wholly of brass, covering a structure of stone or earth. Because this altar was larger than the one used in the ...