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God, as the caretaker, leads the sheep to green pastures (verse 2) and still waters (verse 2) because he knows that each of his sheep must be personally led to be fed. Thus, without its shepherd, the sheep would die either by a predator (like the wolf ) or of starvation, since sheep are known for their helplessness without their shepherd.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. — Psalm 23 During the Protestant Reformation in Scotland , the practice of exclusive psalmody made Psalm singing a central part of public worship.
David has also been praying to the "God of green pastures and still waters", and a priest explains that while some people say there are many gods, there really is only one.
Another example of God being a less aggressive figure in the Sidney Psalms is the way the narrative voice refers to being taken towards water. In David's original Psalm 23 God "leadeth me beside the still waters," but in Sidney's version, "by waters still, and sweet he guides my feet."
Jarilo, god of vegetation, fertility, spring, war and harvest; Leshy, a tutelary deity of the forests. Porewit, god of the woods, who protected lost voyagers and punished those who mistreated the forest; Veles, god of earth, waters and the underworld; Mokosh, East-Slavic goddess of nature
Silenus, a Greek God, merged with Silvanus in Latin Literature. [19] Pan (god of forests, pastures, and shepherds), in Greco-Roman mythology. [19] Aristaeus, a god/patron of shepherds, harvest and other rural arts. The Slavic god Porewit has similarities with Silvanus. [20]
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Water god in an ancient Roman mosaic. Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey. A water deity is a deity in mythology associated with water or various bodies of water.Water deities are common in mythology and were usually more important among civilizations in which the sea or ocean, or a great river was more important.