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The Staff of Moses, also known as the Rod of Moses or Staff of God, is mentioned in the Bible and Quran as a walking stick used by Moses. According to the Book of Exodus , the staff ( Hebrew : מַטֶּה , romanized : maṭṭe , translated "rod" in the King James Bible ) was used to produce water from a rock, was transformed into a snake and ...
Staff gods (or atua rakau) are sacred objects within the cultural and spiritual practices of the Cook Islands Māori, particularly prominent on the island of Rarotonga. These objects were crafted from wood and adorned with intricate carvings and symbolic designs, combining images of gods with their human descendants.
The staff belonged originally to the Japanese mountain god Kōya-no-Myōjin. It is the equivalent of the Sanskrit Vajra, the indestructible lightning-diamond pounder of the king of the gods/rain-god Indra. There the staff represents the three flames of the sacrificial fire, part of the image of the vajra wheel. (Japanese mythology)
At God's command, Moses held his Staff out over the water, water parted, and the Israelites walked through on dry land with a wall of water on either side (Exodus 14:21&22). The Egyptians pursued them, but at daybreak God clogged their chariot-wheels and threw them into a panic, and with the return of the water, the pharaoh and his entire army ...
From the Sarajevo Haggadah Aaron's Staff Buds, 1860 woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld Hunt of the Unicorn Annunciation (c. 1500) from a Netherlandish book of hours. In the hortus conclusus, Gideon's fleece is worked in, and the altar at the rear has Aaron's rod that miraculously flowered in the centre. Both are types for the Annunciation ...
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly made a joke about his job being a punishment from God, reports The Hill. The remark was made on Thursday during an event marking the 15th anniversary of the ...
Flags have been lowered to half-staff at many federal and public buildings across the country in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29. Texas governor orders flags to be raised ...
The was (Egyptian wꜣs "power, dominion" [1]) sceptre is a symbol that appeared often in relics, art, and hieroglyphs associated with the ancient Egyptian religion.It appears as a stylized animal head at the top of a long, straight staff with a forked end.