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A lunula (pl. lunulae) was a crescent moon shaped pendant worn by girls in ancient Rome. [1] Girls ideally wore them as an apotropaic amulet, [2] the equivalent of the boy's bulla. [3] In the popular belief the Romans wore amulets usually as a talisman, to protect themselves against evil forces, demons and sorcery, but especially against the ...
Varro categorized Luna and Sol among the visible gods, as distinguished from invisible gods such as Neptune, and deified mortals such as Hercules. [4] She was one of the deities Macrobius proposed as the secret tutelary of Rome. [5] In Imperial cult, Sol and Luna can represent the extent of Roman rule over the world, with the aim of ...
Protective goddess and wife of Apedemak, the lion-god. She was represented with a crown shaped as a falcon, or with a crescent moon on her head on top of which a falcon was standing. Ayyur Berber: Gleti: Dahomean: Mawu: Dahomean: Iah: Egyptian: iNyanga Zulu: Goddess of the Moon Khonsu: Egyptian: The god of the moon.
Lunula (amulet), a Roman amulet worn by girls, the equivalent of the bulla worn by boys; Gold lunula, a specific kind of archaeological solid collar or necklace from the Bronze Age or later; Lunula, the crescent-moon decoration on an ancient Roman calceus senatorius; Lunula (anatomy), the pale half-moon shape at the base of a fingernail
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
Ancient Egyptian deities were an integral part of ancient Egyptian religion and were worshiped for millennia. Many of them ruled over natural and social phenomena , as well as abstract concepts [ 1 ] These gods and goddesses appear in virtually every aspect of ancient Egyptian civilization, and more than 1,500 of them are known by name.
The ancient Egyptians had several moon gods including Khonsu and Thoth, although Thoth is a considerably more complex deity. [4] Set represented the moon in the ancient Egyptian calendar. [5] In Bakongo religion, the earth and moon goddess Nzambici is the female counterpart of the sun god Nzambi Mpungu. [6]
Lunar symbolism dominates his iconography. The god is usually shown with the horns of a crescent emerging from behind his shoulders, and he is described as the god presiding over the (lunar) months. [2] Strabo describes Mēn as a local god of the Phrygians. Mēn may also be influenced by the Zoroastrian lunar divinity Mah. [3]