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  2. Wepwawet - Wikipedia

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    Jackal amulets in the form of Wepwawet. While we do not know for certain the exact species of animal represented by the Ancient Egyptian sꜢb / sAb animal (Jackal), the African wolf (Canis lupaster) was one species thought to depict and the template of numerous Ancient Egyptian deities, including Wepwawet. [5]

  3. Symbols of Islam - Wikipedia

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    The number 4 is a very important number in Islam with many significations: Eid-al-Adha lasts for four days from the 10th to the 14th of Dhul Hijja; there were four Caliphs; there were four Archangels; there are four months in which war is not permitted in Islam; when a woman's husband dies she is to wait for four months and ten days; the Rub el ...

  4. List of spiritual entities in Islam - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of spiritual entities in Islam. Islamic traditions and mythologies branching of from the Quran state more precisely, about the nature of different spiritual or supernatural creatures.

  5. Cynocephaly - Wikipedia

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    The Age of Mythology video game includes Anubites, Egyptian mythical units with jackal heads. The Cedric Series by Valerie Willis introduces cynocephali through a shaman character named Wylleam. The album (Mankind) The Crafty Ape by Crippled Black Phoenix features a cynocephali on the cover and a song called "A Letter Concerning Dogheads".

  6. Cats and Islam: Why felines are the faith's 'most highly ...

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    In ancient Egypt, for example, cats were viewed as integral parts of the culture and they were even thought to carry an important role in the afterlife, which explains why they were discovered in ...

  7. Jackal - Wikipedia

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    It is called "wild dog" in several translations of the Bible. In the King James Bible, Isaiah 13:21 refers to 'doleful creatures', which some commentators suggest are either jackals or hyenas. [16] In the Indian Panchatantra stories, the jackal is mentioned as wily and wise. [17] In Bengali tantrik tradition, they represent the goddess Kali. It ...

  8. Hounds and jackals - Wikipedia

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    Hounds and jackals or dogs and jackals is the modern name given to an ancient Egyptian tables game that is known from several examples of gaming boards and gaming pieces found in excavations. The modern name was invented by Howard Carter , who found one complete gaming set in a Theban tomb from the reign of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhat IV ...

  9. al-Jānn - Wikipedia

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    Jann (from the Semitic root JNN) is an Arabic term, whose primary meaning is "to hide" and can also refer to an agile snake. [2] It is a neuter singular for jinn, while Jinni and Jinniyya(h) are either adjectives, or masculine and feminine singulars or both.