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His divinity is clearly attested an inscription, adjancent to his picture in the Ptolemeic temple at Kasr el-Agouz, near Luxor: „Son of Ptah, beneficient god, begotten by the god of the south wall (Ptah), giver of life, who bestows gifts on those he loves, who listen (to those who call upon him), who provides remedies for all diseas“.
A basic classification of the types of gods as based on the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, by Stith Thompson: [1]. A0 Creator; A100—A199. The gods in general A101. Supreme God
Cuba helps the child transition from cradle to a bed. Paventia or Paventina averts fear (pavor) from the child. [92] Peta sees to its "first wants." [93] Agenoria endows the child with a capacity to lead an active life. [94] Adeona and Abeona monitor the child's comings and goings [95] Interduca and Domiduca accompany it leaving the house and ...
Harpocrates – A form of Horus depicted as a child that developed in and was worshiped in Ptolemaic Egypt [93] Harsomtus – A child god of Edfu [94] Hauron – A protector and healing god, originally a Canaanite god [86] Heka – Personification of magic [95] Hemen – A Falcon god [96] Heneb – A god of grain [39] Henkhisesui – God of the ...
Hesiod's Theogony, (c. 700 BC) which could be considered the "standard" creation myth of Greek mythology, [1] tells the story of the genesis of the gods. After invoking the Muses (II.1–116), Hesiod says the world began with the spontaneous generation of four beings: first arose Chaos (Chasm); then came Gaia (the Earth), "the ever-sure foundation of all"; "dim" Tartarus (the Underworld), in ...
Bumabakal: the rejected corpse divinity of the skyworld; his dead body resides on top of Mount Dukutan, where his bodily fluids cause boils [58] Kabigat: the god who sent a deluge which flooded the earth; married to the goddess Bugan [50] Bugan: a goddess married to Kabigat; her children are a son named Wigan and a daughter also named Bugan [50]
The children of Heracles by Megara are collectively well known because of their ill fate, but there is some disagreement among sources as to their number and individual names. Apollodorus lists three, Therimachus, Creontiades and Deicoon; [ 71 ] to these Hyginus [ 72 ] adds Ophitus and, probably by mistake, Archelaus, who is otherwise known to ...
And God really made us share in his nature, and thus we are really children. Not in the same level as the Only Begotten Son, but truly sharing in his filiation and his divinity. [3] And so St. John the Evangelist said with a tone of amazement, "See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are!" (1 ...