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A diagram of the names of God in Athanasius Kircher's Oedipus Aegyptiacus (1652–1654). The style and form are typical of the mystical tradition, as early theologians began to fuse emerging pre-Enlightenment concepts of classification and organization with religion and alchemy, to shape an artful and perhaps more conceptual view of God.
Types. Lists. Related concepts. See also. This is an index of lists of deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world. List of deities by classification. Lists of deities by cultural sphere. List of fictional deities. List of people who have been considered deities; see also Apotheosis, Imperial cult and Sacred king.
The essential uses of the name of God the Father in the New Testament are Theos (θεός the Greek term for God), Kyrios (i.e. Lord in Greek) and Patēr (πατήρ i.e. Father in Greek). [1] [15] The Aramaic word "Abba" (אבא), meaning "Father" is used by Jesus in Mark 14:36 and also appears in Romans 8:15 and Galatians 4:6.
This is an index to deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world, listed by region or culture. Africa [ edit ] Poster of a Mami Wata , "serpent priestess" painted ca. 1926 by German ( Hamburg ) artist Schleisinger, displayed in shrines as a popular image of Mami Wata in Africa and in the Diaspora.
A deity or god is a supernatural being considered to be sacred and worthy of worship due to having authority over the universe, nature or human life. [1] [2] The Oxford Dictionary of English defines deity as a god or goddess, or anything revered as divine. [3] C.
Taoism. Korean Taoism. Quanzhen School ("School of the Fulfilled Virtue") Shangqing School ("School of the Highest Clarity") Way of the Five Pecks of Rice. Way of the Celestial Masters. Zhengyi Dao ("Way of the Right Oneness") Syncretic Taoism. Dragon Gate Taoism.
Names of God in African traditional religions (22 P) B. Names of God in the Bahá'í Faith (1 P) C. Names of God in Christianity (5 C, 13 P) G.
He is the son of the sky-god An and his wife is an obscure, minor goddess named Mami, who is different from the mother goddess with the same name. [347] [349] As early as the Akkadian Period, Erra was already associated with Nergal [347] [348] and he eventually came to be seen as merely an aspect of him.