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Gada – A mace used by the Monkey God Hanuman. Gandiva – An indestructible bow with 100 strings created by Brahma and later used by Arjuna. Halayudha – A plough used as a weapon by Balarama. Kaladanda – the staff of Death is a special and lethal club used by the God Yama or God of Naraka or Hell in Hindu mythology.
The spiritual vortex at the center of the ring shout was a sacred spiritual realm. The center of the ring shout is where the ancestors and the Holy Spirit reside at the center. [ 83 ] [ 84 ] [ 85 ] The Ring Shout (a sacred dance in Hoodoo) in Black churches results in spirit possession.
Pasha (Pāśa), often translated as "noose" or "lasso", is a supernatural weapon depicted in Hindu iconography. Hindu deities such as Ganesha, Yama, Shyamala devi and Varuna are depicted with the pasha in their hands. Pasha is a common attribute of Ganesha, [1] the Lord of removing obstacles; a pasha represents his power to bind and free ...
Ritual weapons (1 C, 49 P) S. Sacred rocks (8 C, 61 P) V. Religious clothing (11 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Religious objects"
Ceremonial magic (also known as ritual magic, high magic or learned magic) [1] encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic. The works included are characterized by ceremony and numerous requisite accessories to aid the practitioner. It can be seen as an extension of ritual magic, and in most cases synonymous with it.
Hinduism Portal. v. t. e. The Vajra (Sanskrit: वज्र, lit. 'Thunderbolt', IAST: Vajra) is a legendary and ritualistic tool, symbolizing the properties of a diamond (indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (irresistible force). In Hinduism, it has also been associated with weapons. [1][2] The use of the bell and vajra as symbolic and ritual ...
The kris or keris is a distinctive, asymmetrical dagger from the Indonesian island of Java. Both weapon and spiritual object, the kris is considered to possess magical powers. The earliest known kris goes back to the tenth century and spread from the island of Java throughout Southeast Asia. The kris (Javanese: ꦏꦿꦶꦱ꧀) or keris[n 1] is ...
Deities in Dungeons & Dragons have a great variety of moral outlooks and motives, [8] which have to be considered by cleric player characters. [9] In some editions of the game, deities were given statistics, allowing mighty player characters to kill a god like a powerful monster.