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The term idol is an image or representation of a god used as an object of worship, [1] [2] [3] while idolatry is the worship of an "idol" as though it were God. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Ancient Near East and Egypt
Moses Indignant at the Golden Calf, painting by William Blake, 1799–1800. Idolatry is the worship of an idol as though it were a deity. [1] [2] [3] In Abrahamic religions (namely Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baháʼí Faith) idolatry connotes the worship of something or someone other than the Abrahamic God as if it were God.
A shrine to Dushara has been discovered in the harbour of ancient Puteoli in Italy. The city was an important nexus for trade to the Near East and it is known to have had a Nabataean presence during the mid first century BCE. [6] The cult continued in some capacity well into the Roman period and possibly as late as the Islamic period. [7]
There are weather lore around February 2, known as Candlemas, Brigid's Day, or St. Blaise's Day (St. Blaze's Day). One French lore says that if it rains on Candlemas ( Chandeleur ) there will be forty more days of rainy day: Quand il pleut pour la Chandeleur, il pleut pendant quarante jours . [ 24 ]
Written around 340 B.C, [1] it consists of four books; three pertaining to meteorology, and one to chemistry. Despite its ancient origins, Meteorologica was the basis for all modern day meteorology texts throughout Western Civilization up to the 17th century. Throughout this treatise, Aristotle outlines two theories: The universe is spherical
Hadad was also called Rimon/Rimmon, Pidar, Rapiu, Baal-Zephon, [9] or often simply Baʿal (Lord), but this title was also used for other gods. The bull was the symbolic animal of Hadad. He appeared bearded, [ 10 ] [ 11 ] often holding a club and thunderbolt and wearing a bull-horned headdress.
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*Dyēus was the Sky or Day conceived as a divine entity, and thus the dwelling of the gods, the Heaven. [7] As the gateway to the deities and the father of both the Divine Twins and the goddess of the Dawn ( *H₂éwsōs ), *Dyēus was a prominent deity in the Proto-Indo-European pantheon .