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Gatekeeper is also a term used in business to identify the person who is responsible for controlling passwords and access rights or permissions for software that the company uses. One critique of gatekeeping roles is the potential to create or reinforce inequality, for example if entry is made more difficult for minority applicants or artists.
Bitu's primary function is that of a gatekeeper (ì-du 8). [11] He could also be addressed as the "great gatekeeper," ì-du 8 gal. [5] This epithet was transcribed in Akkadian as idugallu. [5] In incantations which were meant to compel demons and ghosts to return to the underworld, a formula placing them under the control of Bitu was sometimes ...
Sondani, two Dvarapalas, circa 525 CE. One of two pairs of dvarapala, 9th century Buddhist temple of Plaosan, Java, Indonesia.. A Dvarapala or Dvarapalaka (Sanskrit, "door guard"; IAST: Dvārapāla Sanskrit pronunciation: [dʋaːɽɐpaːlɐ]) is a door or gate guardian often portrayed as a warrior or fearsome giant, usually armed with a weapon - the most common being the gada (mace).
Janus as the Gatekeeper has jurisdiction over every kind of door and passage and the power of opening or closing them. [93] Servius interprets Patulcius in the same way. Lydus gives an incorrect translation, "αντί του οδαιον" which however reflects one of the attributes of the god, that of being the protector of roads. [ 94 ]
Gatekeepers of Aaru, painting on the southern wall of the tomb of Sennedjem in Dayr al-Madīnah, Thebes, Egypt,c. 1775 BCE. A crocodile -god guardian of the underworld — from the tomb (KV17) of Pharaoh Seti I.
The Blessed at the gate to heaven with St. Peter (1467–1471) by Hans Memling. Pearly gates is an informal name for the gateway to Heaven according to some Christian denominations.
The general purpose of rituals is to express some fundamental truth or meaning, evoke spiritual, numinous emotional responses from participants, and/or engage a group of people in unified action to strengthen their communal bonds. The word ritual, when used as an adjective, relates to the noun 'rite', as in rite of passage.
Janus was believed to see over times of change, such as the New Year and the beginning of the day.. A liminal deity is a god or goddess in mythology who presides over thresholds, gates, or doorways; "a crosser of boundaries". [1]