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[16]: 248–264 The early Buddhist texts assert that pre-Buddha ancient Indian sages who taught these virtues were earlier incarnations of the Buddha. [ 16 ] : 248 –264 Post-Buddha, these same virtues are found in the Hindu texts such as verse 1.33 of the Yoga Sutras of Patañjali , wherein the word maitri is synonymous with metta .
The term idol is an image or representation of a god used as an object of worship, [1] [2] [3] while idolatry is the worship of an "idol" as though it were God. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Ancient Near East and Egypt
The Egyptian Book of the dead : the Book of going forth by day : being the Papyrus of Ani (royal scribe of the divine offerings), written and illustrated circa 1250 B.C.E., by scribes and artists unknown, including the balance of chapters of the books of the dead known as the theban recension, compiled from ancient texts, dating back to the ...
Anthropomorphic Iron Age wooden cult figures, sometimes called pole gods, have been found at many archaeological sites in Central and Northern Europe. They are generally interpreted as cult images, in some cases presumably depicting deities, sometimes with either a votive or an apotropaic (protective) function. Many have been preserved in peat ...
But aside from being the most ancient of the three chief goddesses of Mecca, [7] she was also very possibly among the most ancient of the Semitic pantheon as well. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Her now-lost major shrine was between Mecca and Medina on the coasts of the Red Sea , [ 10 ] likely in al-Mushallal where an idol of her was erected. [ 11 ]
It resembles some ancient idol, or rather a tombstone, on one end of which you can discern a half-erased image of a human face in a pointed headdress with an ornament, in which a wheel with six spokes is clearly visible - a solar or thunder sign; below the face there is a protrusion, as if arms folded on the chest.
In 1938, an archaeologist found a 7.6-foot-long (2.34 meters) idol, which has a diameter of 5.1 inches (13 centimeters), at the Painted Temple, an object that was allegedly destroyed by Hernando Pizarro. Carbon-14 dating found that the idol dated to about A.D. 760 to 876, the time of the Wari Empire and that it had once been painted with cinnabar.
“On this day be present: for this statue which stands before you ceremoniously grant him the destiny that his mouth may eat, that his ears might hear.” [3] The rituals facilitated the idol taking on the persona of the deity, awakening the supernatural force within it, and enabling it to see, act, eat and drink the offerings and smell the ...