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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;
Many pagan religions include horned gods in their pantheons, such as Pan in Greek mythology and Ikenga in Odinala. Some neopagan religions have reconstructed these deities into the concept of the Horned God, representing the male aspect of divinity in Wiccan belief. In Abrahamic religions, horned deities are often associated with demonology.
Cernunnos on the Gundestrup cauldron (plate A). He sits cross-legged, wielding a torc in one hand and a ram-horned serpent in the other. Cernunnos is a Celtic stag god. His name is only clearly attested once, on the 1st-century Pillar of the Boatmen from Paris, where it is associated with an image of an aged, antlered figure with torcs around his horns.
Horned gods (6 C, 32 P) B. Baphomet (40 P) G. Golden calf (1 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Horned deities" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The supreme god allows the existence of terrestrial female deities with their intervention in earthly events and interaction with humans. [99] [102] Hence the Albanian belief in zanas and oras (also fati or mira [103]), who symbolize the vital energy and existential time of human beings respectively. The zana idealizes feminine energy, wild ...
Vitorja is usually described as a small, colourful and benign golden horned serpent. However, in some traditions Vitorja is described also as an old woman, a mythological figure similar to Nëna e Vatrës. Vitorja is also identified with Fatia in southern folklore and Ora in central and northern folklore. [8]
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.