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The term Horned God itself predates Wicca, and is an early 20th-century syncretic term for a horned or antlered anthropomorphic god partly based on historical horned deities. [1] The Horned God represents the male part of the religion's duotheistic theological system, the consort of the female Triple goddess of the Moon or other Mother goddess. [2]
Pages in category "Horned gods" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Agreus and Nomios; Amun;
Horned animals, such as bulls, goats, and rams, may be worshiped as deities or serve as inspiration for a deity's appearance in religions that venerate animal gods. Many pagan religions include horned gods in their pantheons, such as Pan in Greek mythology and Ikenga in Odinala .
Deities from various cultures who have horns or antlers upon their heads. ... Pages in category "Horned deities" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 ...
Zana e Madhe ("the Great Zana") is thought to have been an Illyrian goddess, equivalent of the Ancient Greek Artemis and Roman Diana. [ 4 ] The zana are considered in folk beliefs to be extraordinary courageous (thus the Albanian expression trim si zana ) and they confer their protection on warriors similarly to Pallas Athena of Ancient Greece ...
Typically, the horned god Banebdjedet was depicted with four rams' heads to represent the four Bas of the sun god. He may also be linked to the first four gods to rule over Egypt ( Osiris , Geb , Shu and Ra-Atum), with large granite shrines to each in the Mendes sanctuary.
According to legend, Alexander went on pilgrimage to the Siwa Oasis, the sanctuary of the Greco-Egyptian deity Zeus Ammon in 331 BC. There, he was pronounced by the Oracle to be the son of Zeus Ammon, [2] allowing him to therefore have the Horns of Ammon, which themselves followed from Egyptian iconography of Ammon as a ram-headed god or, in his Greek-form, a man with ram horns. [3]
The figure is usually viewed in broadly positive terms, while containing a demotic element. Art historian Jennifer Koosed has argued that the statue is the culmination of the horned Moses tradition, mixing animal and human qualities to present the divine. [29] By the 16th century, the prevalence of depictions of a horned Moses steeply ...