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The essentially benevolent shamans are more often referred to as machi, to avoid confusion with the malevolent kalku. Its origins are in Mapuche tradition. The word kalku is a borrowing from Puquina language [ 1 ] Its adoption by Mapuches fits into a pattern of parallels in the Mapuche and Central Andean cosmology ( Inca religion ) dating back ...
In other words, a single person's life is, ultimately, not important or worthwhile in itself, but is good only as a means to the success of society as a whole. Some elements of Confucianism are an example of this, encouraging the view that people ought to conform as individuals to demands of a peaceful and ordered society.
Adenoid Hinkle (played by Charlie Chaplin) and Napaloni (played by Jack Oakie) parody of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, respectively, in The Great Dictator. In fiction, dictatorship has sometimes been portrayed as the political system of choice for controlling dystopian societies in books, video games, TV and movies.
A benevolent dictatorship is a government in which an authoritarian leader exercises absolute political power over the state but is perceived to do so with regard for the benefit of the population as a whole. It stands in contrast to the decidedly malevolent stereotype of a dictator, who focuses on their supporters and their own self-interests.
The Proto-Slavic reconstruction is *dadjьbogъ, [1] and is composed of *dadjь, imperative of the verb *dati "to give", and the noun *bogъ "god". The original meaning of Dazhbog would thus, according to Dubenskij, Ognovskij and Niederle, be "giving god", "god-giver, "god-donor".
The term is also used to describe asuras, a class of power-seeking beings that oppose the benevolent devas. They are often depicted as antagonists in Hindu scriptures, as well as in Buddhism and Jainism. The female form of rakshasa is rakshasi(rākṣasī). [4]
Macushi oral history describes them as descendants of the sun's children, the benevolent Insikiran (Inshkirung) and his malevolent brother Makunaima (or Negi) [4] who created fire, as well as diseases, and they also believe they discovered Washacá, the Tree of Life.
Duppy, malevolent spirits who bring misfortune and woe on those they set upon; Hupia, the spirits of deceased people; portrayed as faceless people or in the form of deceased loved ones; Jumbee, the generic name given to all malevolent entities, including demons and spirits; Lwa, a Voodoo spirit who acts as an intermediary between humanity and ...