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  2. List of major biblical figures - Wikipedia

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    The Bible is a collection of canonical sacred texts of Judaism and Christianity.Different religious groups include different books within their canons, in different orders, and sometimes divide or combine books, or incorporate additional material into canonical books.

  3. List of biblical figures identified in extra-biblical sources

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    These are biblical figures unambiguously identified in contemporary sources according to scholarly consensus.Biblical figures that are identified in artifacts of questionable authenticity, for example the Jehoash Inscription and the bullae of Baruch ben Neriah, or who are mentioned in ancient but non-contemporary documents, such as David and Balaam, [n 1] are excluded from this list.

  4. Berserker - Wikipedia

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    It is proposed by some authors that the berserkers drew their power from the bear and were devoted to the bear cult, which was once widespread across the northern hemisphere. [ 6 ] [ 13 ] The berserkers maintained their religious observances despite their fighting prowess, as the Svarfdæla saga tells of a challenge to single-combat that was ...

  5. Shedim - Wikipedia

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    The sheyd Ashmodai (אַשְמְדּאָי) in birdlike form, with typical rooster feet, as depicted in Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae, 1775 Child sacrifice to the sheyd Molekh (מֹלֶךְ), showing the typical depiction of the Ammonite deity Moloch of the Old Testament in medieval and modern sources (illustration by Charles Foster for Bible Pictures and What They Teach Us, 1897)

  6. List of angels in theology - Wikipedia

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    "Power of God"; Archangel of pride, grace and beauty Virtues (type) Christianity, Judaism (type) Controlling the elements. Watcher (type) Grigori Christianity, Judaism (type) Various Wormwood: Christianity: war Yadathan: Mandaeism Uthra Guardian of the "first river", stands at the Gate of Life Yarhibol: Ancient Canaanite religion: Angel of the ...

  7. List of shapeshifters - Wikipedia

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    Various characters and creatures in fiction, folklore and legend have the ability to shapeshift. Human turning into an animal Berserker; Erchitu ...

  8. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego - Wikipedia

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    Judith Hawley's note in the Norton Critical Edition suggests that this is because the three defied the power of a king. [ 19 ] 1865: In Anthony Trollope 's novel Miss Mackenzie , the protagonist John Ball is a director of two ironically named insurance companies, the Shadrach Fire Assurance Office and the Abednego Life Office. [ 20 ]

  9. Beorn - Wikipedia

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    In naming his character, Tolkien used beorn, an Old English word for "man" and "warrior" (with implications of "freeman" and "nobleman" in Anglo-Saxon society). [2] The name is cognate with the Scandinavian Björn or Bjørn, meaning bear ; and the figure of Beorn can be related to the traditional Northern heroes Bödvar Bjarki and Beowulf ...