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Ancient Boeotian bell-krater showing Zeus impregnating Danaë in the form of a shower of gold (c. 450-425 BC), a story which has been compared to the Christian account of the virgin birth of Jesus [180] [181] [182] Another comparable story from Greek mythology describes the conception of the hero Perseus.
The Annunciation by Guido Reni (1621). Miraculous births are a common theme in mythological, religious and legendary narratives and traditions. They often include conceptions by miraculous circumstances and features such as intervention by a deity, supernatural elements, astronomical signs, hardship or, in the case of some mythologies, complex plots related to creation.
The sanzuwu in a disc representing the sun (top row: right) is one of the twelve ornaments which decorates the Imperial garments in China.. In Chinese mythology and culture, the three-legged crow is called the sanzuwu (simplified Chinese: 三足乌; traditional Chinese: 三足烏; pinyin: sān zú wū; Cantonese: saam 1 zuk 1 wu 1; Shanghainese: sae tsoh u) and is present in many myths.
Yatagarasu (八咫烏) is a mythical crow [1] and guiding god in Shinto mythology. He is generally known for his three-legged figure, and his picture has been handed down since ancient times. [1] The word means "eight-span crow" [2] and the appearance of the great bird is construed as evidence of the will of Heaven or divine intervention in ...
The early Church linked Jesus Christ to the Sun and referred to him as the 'true Sun' (Sol verus), [71] or the 'Sun of Righteousness' (Sol Justitiae) prophesied by Malachi. [68] The Christian treatise De solstitiis et aequinoctiis, from the late fourth century AD, associates Jesus' birth with the "birthday of the sun" and Sol Invictus:
The Christ myth theory, also known as the Jesus myth theory, Jesus mythicism, or the Jesus ahistoricity theory, [1] [a] is the fringe [b] view that the story of Jesus is a work of mythology with no historical substance. [c] Alternatively, in terms given by Bart Ehrman paraphrasing Earl Doherty, it is the view that "the historical Jesus did not ...
Yatagarasu the sun crow guiding Emperor Jimmu and his men towards the plain of Yamato. Many years later, Ninigi's great-grandson, Kamuyamato-Iwarebiko (later known as Emperor Jimmu), decided to leave Himuka in search of a new home with his elder brother Itsuse. Migrating eastward, they encountered various gods and local tribes who either ...
Helios' most notable role in Greek mythology is the story of his mortal son Phaethon. [2] In the Homeric epics, his most notable role is the one he plays in the Odyssey, where Odysseus' men despite his warnings impiously kill and eat Helios's sacred cattle that the god kept at Thrinacia, his sacred island. Once informed of their misdeed, Helios ...