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'shadow' or 'shade'), also known as Savarna, is the Hindu personification and goddess of shadow, and a consort of Surya, the Hindu sun god. [1] She is the shadow-image or reflection of Saranyu (Sanjna), the first wife of Surya. Chhaya was born from the shadow of Sanjna and replaced Sanjna in her house, after the latter temporarily left her husband.
The Shade of Tiresias Appearing to Odysseus during the Sacrifice (c. 1780–85), painting by Johann Heinrich Füssli, showing a scene from Book Ten of the Odyssey. In poetry and literature, a shade (translating Greek σκιά, [1] Latin umbra [2]) is the spirit or ghost of a dead person, residing in the underworld.
Bādshāhe-Ghāzī', literary meaning of the Perso-Arabic imperial title: "Warrior Emperor". Badshah (بادِشَاه) is a Persian title meaning "Emperor/Monarch/Ruler". Meaning the one who Conquered the Kafirs The Infidel non-Muslims. often translated as Emperor, while Ghazi (غَازِى) meant in Arabic "conqueror" or an Islamic warrior.
Bezaliel, also Busasejal or Basasael, (Aramaic: ניאל and Greek: Θωνιήλ, meaning "damaged"), was the 13th watcher of the 20 leaders of the 200 fallen angels that are mentioned in an ancient work called the Book of Enoch. This angel is probably one of the most controversial of the list of fallen angels in the Book of Enoch.
In this later text, the concept of the shadow (chhaya) takes on a more prominent role, symbolizing both resemblance and opposition. Doniger points out that the use of varna—meaning "color" or "class"—introduces themes of difference between Samjna and the Sun, particularly regarding his dark complexion, which is a cause of her dissatisfaction.
The literal meaning of Shaddai, however, is the subject of debate. [1] Some scholars have argued that it came from Akkadian shadû ("mountain") [2] or from the Hebrew verb shaddad שדד meaning "Destroyer". [3] Shaddai may have also come from shad שד meaning mammary; shaddai is a typical Biblical Hebrew word
A shadow person (also known as a shadow figure or black mass) is the perception of shadow as a living species, humanoid figure, sometimes interpreted as the presence of a spirit or other entity by believers in the paranormal or supernatural.
Kek is the deification of the concept of primordial darkness [1] in the ancient Egyptian Ogdoad cosmogony of Hermopolis.. The Ogdoad consisted of four pairs of deities, four male gods paired with their female counterparts.