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Ông Táo, kitchen god in Vietnamese folk religion; Ông Địa, is the god of the earth and patron of the land on which the houses are built in Vietnamese folk religion; Sanamahi, the most predominant god in Meitei mythology and Sanamahism of Manipur; Tu Di Gong (earth deity), in Chinese folk religion
Articles relating to household deities, deities or spirits that protect the home, looking after the entire household or certain key members. It has been a common belief in paganism as well as in folklore across many parts of the world.
Albanian warrior dance in circle around fire (), drawing from the book Childe Harold's Pilgrimage written by Lord Byron in the early 19th century. Practiced for several hours with very short intervals, the dance gets new vigour from the words of the accompanying song that starts with a battle cry invoking war drums, and which is of a piece with the movement and usually changed only once or ...
Household Gods may refer to: Household deity , a deity or spirit that protects the home Household Gods (band) , a rock band featuring members of Slint and Unwound
The origin of the Albanian noun Perëndi is obscure. Several etymologies have been proposed by scholars: From an Albanian word creation of folk nature derived, by using the suffix -í of the Albanian abstract nouns, from Latin: imperantem, the accusative masculine/feminine singular of imperāns, meaning "commanding", "ruling", "demanding".
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Although lacking a direct English translation, [204] the term kami has sometimes been rendered as "god" or "spirit". [205] The historian of religion Joseph Kitagawa deemed these English translations "quite unsatisfactory and misleading", [ 206 ] and various scholars urge against translating kami into English. [ 207 ]
Sohrab and Rostam fighting:from "The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp" (circa 1522)Rostam or Rustam (Persian: رستم) is a legendary hero in Persian mythology, the son of Zāl and Rudaba, whose life and work was immortalized by the 10th-century Persian poet Ferdowsi in the Shahnameh, or Epic of Kings, which contains pre-Islamic Iranian folklore and history.