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  2. Zaydism - Wikipedia

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    joining the new political system (the religious Party of Truth was created in 1990); restoring the spiritual and cultural heritage of Zaydism by opening religious centers and encouraging the tribes to send their youth for education there; preparing for the future fighting (Houthi movement founder Hussein al-Houthi was readying the militia).

  3. William G. Doty (scholar) - Wikipedia

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    Doty was a professor emeritus of humanities and religious studies at the University of Alabama. He also served as Goodwin-Philpott Eminent Scholar in History at Auburn University in 1997 and 1998. Doty published fourteen books and over seventy essays, including studies about anthropology, psychology, classics, [3] art criticism and literary ...

  4. List of Asian mythologies - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of mythologies native to Asia: . Buddhist mythology; Chinese mythology; Christian mythology (in Western Asia); Georgian mythology; Greek mythology (see Greco-Buddhism) ...

  5. Yazidism - Wikipedia

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    The Yazidi religion has its own perception of the colours, which is seen in the mythology and shown through clothing taboos, in religious ceremonies, customs and rituals. Colours are perceived as the symbolizations of nature and the beginning of life, thus the emphasis of colours can be found in the creation myth.

  6. Wikipedia:WikiProject Mythology/Articles - Wikipedia

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    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mythology/Articles&oldid=806691924" This page was last edited on 23 October 2017, at ...

  7. Folklore of India - Wikipedia

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    Folk religion in Hinduism may explain the rationale behind local religious practices, and contain local myths that explain the customs or rituals. However, folklore goes beyond religious or supernatural beliefs and practices, and encompasses the entire body of social tradition whose chief vehicle of transmission is oral or outside institutional ...

  8. Myth and ritual - Wikipedia

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    Not all students of mythology think ritual emerged from myth or myth emerged from ritual: some allow myths and rituals a greater degree of freedom from one another. Although myths and rituals often appear together, these scholars do not think every myth has or had a corresponding ritual, or vice versa.

  9. Zaidi - Wikipedia

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    Zaidi Imamate or Yemeni Zaidi State, kingdom in Yemen (1597–1849) Al-Zaidi, Arab descendants of Zayd ibn Ali; Zaidi Wasitis, people with the surname Zaidi, South Asian descendants of Zayd ibn Ali, from Wasit, Iraq, followers of Twelver or Athnā‘ashariyyah (Ja'fari jurisprudence) Zaidi Al Wasti, another surname found among the same people