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The central wooden staff consists of a large Tangaroa and smaller male and female figures on one side, and on the other side, a naturalistic penis, is missing. [3] [4] Staff gods without the bark cloth wrappings can be found all over the world. Such as Metropolitan Museum of Art, [5] Israel Museum, [6] and Museum of New Zealand Te Papa ...
The staff with the longest history seems [clarification needed] to be the heqa-sceptre (the "shepherd's crook"). The sceptre also assumed a central role in the Mesopotamian world, and was in most cases part of the royal insignia of sovereigns and gods.
The Wari worshipped the Staff god, a chief deity in many Andean cultures. [13] Some of the oldest depictions of the Staff god appear on Wari textiles and pottery urns, estimated to be over 3,000 years old. [14] Some scholars believe that the Wari Staff god was a predecessor of the three Incan principle gods, Sun, Moon, and Thunder. [13]
The Staff God is a major deity of later Andean cultures, and Winifred Creamer suggests the find points to worship of common symbols of deities. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] As with much other research at Caral–Supe, the nature and significance of the find has been disputed by other researchers.
The Staff of Moses, also known as the Rod of Moses or Staff of God, is mentioned in the Bible and Quran as a walking stick used by Moses. According to the Book of Exodus , the staff ( Hebrew : מַטֶּה , romanized : maṭṭe , translated "rod" in the King James Bible ) was used to produce water from a rock, was transformed into a snake and ...
Fragment of a Hellenistic relief (1st century BC–1st century AD) depicting the twelve Olympians carrying their attributes in procession; from left to right: Hestia (scepter), Hermes (winged cap and staff), Aphrodite (veiled), Ares (helmet and spear), Demeter (scepter and wheat sheaf), Hephaestus (staff), Hera (scepter), Poseidon (trident), Athena (owl and helmet), Zeus (thunderbolt and staff ...
The Staff God was a common motif in Tiwanaku art. [36] The effigy objects typically depicted herders, trophy heads, sacrificial victims, and felines, such as puma and jaguars. Such small, portable objects of ritual religious meaning were a key to spreading religion and influence from the main site to the satellite centers.
According to Greek mythology, she was the creator of the universe and was responsible for the birth of both humanity and the first race of gods the Titans. Cronus, god of the harvest. Poseidon, one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth; god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses. Cybele; Persephone; Rhea