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The mythology of Indonesia is very diverse, the Indonesian people consisting of hundreds of ethnic groups, each with their own myths and legends that explain the origin of their people, the tales of their ancestors and the demons or deities in their belief systems. The tendency to syncretize by overlying older traditions with newer foreign ...
Depiction of Rangda in Balinese Barong dance drama. Rangda is important in Balinese culture, and performances depicting her struggles with Barong or with Airlangga are popular tourist attractions as well as traditions. She is depicted as a mostly nude old woman, with long and unkempt hair, pendulous breasts, and claws.
Giovanni Battista de' Cavalieri 1585 depiction of "Monsters from all parts of the ancient and modern world" (Mostri de tute le parti del mondo antichi et moderni). The drawing depicts a Wewe Gombel. Indonesia/Malaysia
The Devil figures much more prominently in the New Testament and in Christian theology than in the Old Testament. [31] The Devil is a unique entity throughout the New Testament, neither identical to the demons nor the fallen angels, [32] [33] the tempter and perhaps rules over the kingdoms of earth. [34]
Indonesia is home to over 600 ethnic groups, [1] some who have their own belief system and mythology. The following is a list of Indonesian deities. Balinese
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Depiction of a shaitan by Siyah Qalam, c. 14th/15th century. The art-style of Uighur or Central Asia origin was used by Muslim Turks to depict various legendary beings. [1]A shaitan or shaytan (Arabic: شَيْطَان, romanized: shayṭān; pl.: شَيَاطِين shayāṭīn; Hebrew: שָׂטָן; Turkish: Şeytan or Semum, lit. 'devil', 'demon', or 'satan') is an evil spirit in Islam, [2 ...
Lévi's depiction of Baphomet is similar to that of The Devil in the early Tarot. [53] Lévi, working with correspondences different from those later used by S. L. MacGregor Mathers, "equated the Devil Tarot key with Mercury", giving "his figure Mercury's caduceus, rising like a phallus from his groin". [54]