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Remains of the Temple of Mars Ultor in a 2005 photograph. Ultio ("Vengeance") was an ancient Roman goddess whose cultus was associated with Mars.An altar and golden statue of Ultio were set up in the Temple of Mars Ultor, dedicated by Augustus in 2 BC as a center for cultivating Mars the Avenger.
Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, c. 1805 –1808. Revenge is defined as committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real [1] or perceived. [2]
In Christian hamartiology, the sins that cry to Heaven for Vengeance (Latin: peccata clamantia, lit. ' screaming sins ' ) are four specific sins which are listed by the Bible . While the Bible only refers to specific acts by Biblical characters as "crying to Heaven for Vengeance", in Western Christianity , these references are expanded upon and ...
A depiction of Víðarr stabbing Fenrir while holding his jaws apart by W. G. Collingwood, 1908, inspired by the Gosforth Cross. In Norse mythology, Víðarr (Old Norse: [ˈwiːðɑrː], possibly "wide ruler", [1] sometimes anglicized as Vidar / ˈ v iː d ɑːr /, Vithar, Vidarr, and Vitharr) is a god among the Æsir associated with vengeance.
She was sometimes called Adrasteia, probably meaning "one from whom there is no escape"; her epithet Erinys ("implacable") is specially applied to Demeter and the Phrygian mother goddess, Cybele. Justice (Dike, on the left) and Divine Vengeance (Nemesis, right) pursuing a murderer, in a painting by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1808
Saint Veronica and the Veil of Veronica miraculously imprinted with the face of Jesus. Hans Memling, about 1470 (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.). Vindicta Salvatoris (In English: The Avenging of the Saviour or The Vengeance of the Saviour) is a text of New Testament Apocrypha that expands the story of the aftermath of Jesus's execution.
In the English-speaking world, the Italian word vendetta is used to mean a blood feud; in Italian, however, it simply means (personal) 'vengeance' or 'revenge', originating from the Latin vindicta , while the word faida would be more appropriate for a blood feud. In the English-speaking world, "vendetta" is sometimes extended to mean any other ...
The Erinyes (/ ɪ ˈ r ɪ n i. iː z / ih-RI-nee-eez; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἐρινύες, sing.: Ἐρινύς Erinys), [2] also known as the Eumenides (Εὐμενίδες, the "Gracious ones") [a] and commonly known in English as the Furies, are chthonic goddesses of vengeance in ancient Greek religion and mythology.