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The Roman imperial cult (Latin: cultus imperatorius) identified emperors and some members of their families with the divinely sanctioned authority (auctoritas) of the Roman State. Its framework was based on Roman and Greek precedents, and was formulated during the early Principate of Augustus. It was rapidly established throughout the Empire ...
Mithraism, also known as the Mithraic mysteries or the Cult of Mithras, was a Roman mystery religion centered on the god Mithras. Although inspired by Iranian worship of the Zoroastrian divinity ( yazata ) Mithra , the Roman Mithras was linked to a new and distinctive imagery, and the level of continuity between Persian and Greco-Roman practice ...
An imperial cult is a form of state religion in which an emperor or a dynasty of emperors (or rulers of another title) are worshipped as demigods or deities. "Cult" here is used to mean "worship", not in the modern pejorative sense. The cult may be one of personality in the case of a newly arisen Euhemerus figure, or one of national identity (e ...
The Ptolemaic cult of Alexander the Great was an imperial cult in ancient Egypt during the Hellenistic period (323–31 BC), promoted by the Ptolemaic dynasty. The core of the cult was the worship of the deified conqueror-king Alexander the Great, which eventually formed the basis for the ruler cult of the Ptolemies themselves.
Alfred spent the first seven years of his reign battling the Viking forces, until as king of Wessex (the last of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and half overrun) he decisively defeated the Great Heathen Army at the Battle of Edington in 878. The Vikings then settled in the Danelaw towards the east side of England.
Thug Behram (c. 1765 – 1840), also known as Buhram Jamedar and the King of the Thugs, was a leader of the Thuggee cult active in Awadh in central India during the late 18th and early 19th century, and is often cited as one of the world's most prolific serial killers. He may have been involved in up to 931 murders by strangulation between 1790 ...
In the TV series adaptation of Good Omens, Hastur is portrayed by Ned Dennehy. Hastur is the name of a hunter in the video game Identity V who is also known as The Feaster and The King in Yellow. Hastur also appears as a character in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Hastur is also believed to be the King in Yellow in the video game Vampire ...
Devaraja (Sanskrit: देवराज, romanized: Devarāja) was a religious order of the "god-king," or deified monarch in medieval Southeast Asia. [1] The devarāja order grew out of both Hinduism and separate local traditions depending on the area. [2] It taught that the king was a divine universal ruler, a manifestation of Bhagavan (often ...