Religion

Religion

Refers to any set of beliefs of any community or nation, concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of life and the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a supernatural or divine agency.

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Uranus

Anthropology; Mythology

Uranus ("sky" or "heaven") was the primal Greek god personifying the sky. His equivalent in Roman mythology was Caelus. In Ancient Greek literature, Uranus or ...

Aether

Anthropology; Mythology

In Greek mythology, Aether or Aither, also known as Akmon or Acmon in Latin is one of the primordial deities, the first-born elementals. Aether is the personification of the upper ...

Ananke

Anthropology; Mythology

In Greek mythology, Ananke ("force, constraint, necessity"), was the personification of destiny, necessity and fate, depicted as holding a spindle. She marks the ...

Chronos

Anthropology; Mythology

Chronos ("time," also transliterated as Khronos or Latinized as Chronus) is the personification of Time in pre-Socratic philosophy and later literature. Chronos was ...

Erebus

Anthropology; Mythology

In Greek mythology, Erebus ("deep darkness, shadow"), was often conceived as a primordial deity, representing the personification of darkness; for instance, Hesiod's ...

Eros

Anthropology; Mythology

Eros ("Desire"), in Greek mythology, was the Greek god of love. His Roman counterpart was Cupid[2] ("desire"). Some myths make him a primordial god, ...

Hemera

Anthropology; Mythology

In Greek mythology Hemera ("day") was the personification of day and one of the Greek primordial deities. She is the goddess of the daytime and, according to Hesiod, the ...