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Cherokee spiritual beliefs are held in common among the Cherokee people – Native American peoples who are Indigenous to the Southeastern Woodlands, and today live primarily in communities in North Carolina (the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians), and Oklahoma (the Cherokee Nation and United Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians). Some of the ...
Name Symbolism Images Fox-like creatures Hulijing (狐狸精)/ Fox spirit: Nine-tail fox Goat (or sheep)-like creature Taotie: Xiezhi: Fairness, justice, and discrimination between the right and wrong. [16] Horse-like creatures Haima [4] Lion-like creatures Suan ni [4] Rabbit-like creature Yu tu (玉兔, lit. 'Jade rabbit') / Yue tu (月兔 ...
Aatxe, a cave-dwelling spirit who adopts the form of a young red bull, but being a shapeshifter, sometimes takes the shape of a man. Akerbeltz, demonic spirit in the form of a billy goat. Basajaun, the wild man of the woods. Gaizkiñ, an evil spirit that causes diseases. Gaueko, an evil spirit that comes out at night.
The tree represents a series of divine emanations of God's creation itself ex nihilo, the nature of revealed divinity, the human soul, and the spiritual path of ascent by man. In this way, Kabbalists developed the symbol into a full model of reality, using the tree to depict a map of creation.
In one interpretation, the "Seven Spirits" represent the sevenfold ministry of the Spirit as depicted in the Book of Isaiah.As it is written: "The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD, and He will delight in the fear of the Lord."
The Books of Chronicles used large numbers for literary and creative purposes in order to convey meanings regarding relations between God and monarchs. This text gives the number of men in the armies of seven Judean kings: Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Amaziah, Uzziah, and Ahaz.
The English name is a reference to the plant of the same name. [2] However, in terms of etymology, the word jasmine is of Persian origin (in Persian: Yasmin). [1] It entered the English language through Old French.
A Buddha is a being who is fully awakened and has fully comprehended the Four Noble Truths.In the Theravada tradition, while there is a list of acknowledged past Buddhas, the historical Buddha Sakyamuni is the only Buddha of our current era and is generally not seen as accessible or as existing in some higher plane of existence.