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Moses Indignant at the Golden Calf, painting by William Blake, 1799–1800. Idolatry is the worship of an idol as though it were a deity. [1] [2] [3] In Abrahamic religions (namely Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, the Baháʼí Faith, and Islam) idolatry connotes the worship of something or someone other than the Abrahamic God as if it were God.
Heathen altar for Haustblot in Björkö, Sweden.The larger wooden idol represents the god Frey.. Modern paganism, also known as contemporary paganism [1] and neopaganism, [2] spans a range of new religious movements variously influenced by the beliefs of pre-modern peoples across Europe, North Africa, and the Near East.
Temple of Svarozhich's Fire (Russian: Храм Огня Сварожича) of the Union of Slavic Native Belief Communities, Krasotinka village, Kaluga Oblast [20]House of Purification/Archie Diete (Yakut: Арчы Дьиэтэ, romanized: Archie Diete), Tengrist "Aiyy Faith" temple (2002), Yakutsk, Yakutia, taken away by the local authorities [21] [22]
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
This idol-worship is attributed to Muslims in several chansons de geste. For example, one finds the gods Bafum e Travagan in a Provençal poem on the life of St. Honorat, completed in 1300. [32] In the Chanson de Simon Pouille, written before 1235, a Saracen idol is called Bafumetz. [33]
Interest in the topic dates back to the 1950s when the concept of "parasocial relationships" was determined, referring to one-sided relationships that people have with celebrities and public figures.
One of the earliest known idols worshiped by humans. From Jericho, in modern-day Palestinian Territories. Pre-pottery Neolithic. Jordan Archaeological Museum, Amman, Jordan Reproduction of the Athena Parthenos statue at the original size in the Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee Heathen altar for Haustblot in Björkö, Sweden; the larger wooden idol represents the god Frey
Worship in Japan: On the day Japan surrendered and the Second World War ended, Chiang Kai-shek, the supreme leader of the Republic of China, issued a "Victory Message to the Nation's Military, Civilians and People Around the World", stating that "our Chinese compatriots must know 'not to remember the evil of the past' and 'to be kind to others ...