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In Judaism, angels (Hebrew: מַלְאָךְ, romanized: mal’āḵ, lit. 'messenger', plural: מַלְאָכִים mal’āḵīm) are supernatural beings [1] that appear throughout The Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), rabbinic literature, apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, Jewish philosophy and mysticism, and traditional Jewish liturgy as agents of the God of Israel.
My help is God, of God's flock, Angel of Sagittarius Agiel: Zazel Christianity, Judaism, Islam Archangel, Seraph: The Intelligence Angels of all kinds, Guardian Angel of Saturn Ananiel: Christianity Watcher Storm of God, Angel of water, guard of the gates of the South Wind [1] Anush: Mandaeism Uthra Teacher of John the Baptist, miracle worker ...
Some of the major goddesses revered in modern Hinduism include: Yogamaya or Vindhyavasini, the embodiment of Vishnu's divine energy; Shakambhari, a goddess of vegetation; Sati, the first consort of Shiva and previous birth of Parvati. Gayatri, the personification of the Gayatri Mantra; Ganga, the goddess personification of the Ganges river
Encyclopaedia of Hindu Gods and Goddesses. Sarup & Sons, New Delhi, India. ISBN 81-7625-039-2. Pattanaik, Devdutt (2003). Indian mythology: tales, symbols, and rituals from the heart of the Subcontinent. Inner Traditions / Bear & Company. ISBN 0-89281-870-0. Kinsley, David. Hindu Goddesses: Vision of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious ...
In 2008, a second Hindu-Jewish summit took place in Jerusalem. [31] [32] Included in the summit was a meeting between Hindu groups and then Israeli President Shimon Peres, where the importance of a strong Israeli-Indian relationship was discussed. [32] The Hindu delegation also met with Israeli politicians Isaac Herzog and Majalli Whbee. [32]
List of angels in theology; Leela (name) (an ancient Vedic concept denoting playful chaos or action by which God acts and creates and often used as the first name of a Hindu girl) Nyx (Greek goddess whose name translates to night)
Beside the obvious connections between goddesses who sometimes cannot be distinguished, some scholars have found an early link between Asherah and Eve, based upon the coincidence of their common title as "the mother of all living" in Genesis 3:20 [24] through the identification with the Hurrian mother goddess, Hebat.
[33] [34] In most of the relevant texts, their exact number has not been specified, but gradually their number and names became increasingly crystallized and the seven mother goddesses were known as the seven Matrikas, albeit some mentions say that there are eight or sixteen Matrikas. [35]