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In many contexts "cult image" specifically means the most important image in a temple, kept in an inner space, as opposed to what may be many other images decorating the temple. The term idol is an image or representation of a god used as an object of worship, [1] [2] [3] while idolatry is the worship of an "idol" as though it were God. [4] [5] [6]
Articles relating to cult images, human-made objects that are venerated or worshipped for the deities, persons, spirits or daemons which they embody or represent. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Cult is the care (Latin: cultus) owed to deities and their temples, shrines, or churches; cult is embodied in ritual and ceremony. Its presence or former presence is made concrete in temples , shrines and churches , and cult images , including votive offerings at votive sites .
The cult image of the Poliás was a wooden effigy, often referred to as the "xóanon diipetés" (the "carving that fell from heaven"), made of olive wood and housed in the east-facing wing of the Erechtheum temple in the classical era. Considered not a man-made artefact but of divine provenance, it was the holiest image of the goddess and was ...
Cult is a term often applied to new religious movements and other social groups which have unusual, and often extreme, religious, spiritual, ...
With the Nineteenth Dynasty, his cult grew and he became one of the four great deities of the empire of Ramesses. He was worshipped at Pi-Ramesses as master of ceremonies and coronations. With the Third Intermediate Period , Ptah returned to the centre of the monarchy where the coronation of the pharaoh was held again in his temple.
The more ambitious cult images include the Sun's horse-drawn quadriga mounting upwards on the left, while Luna's oxen-driven biga descends on the right. [22] In these, Sol's chariot is preceded by the naked youth Phosphorus, who runs ahead with a raised torch. Luna's chariot is preceded by Hesperus, with lowered torch.
Idolatry is the worship of an idol or cult image, being a physical image, such as a statue, or a person in place of God. Subcategories. This category has the ...