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Anthropology
The study of human beings and human ancestors through time. Focuses on relation to physical characteristics, environmental effects, social relations and culture. The science of humans.
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Adramelech
Anthropology; Mythology
A sun god worshipped by the Samarians, originally conceived by Sepharvite colonists. He is usually depicted with a human head and body, but with the legs and plumage of a peacock. ...
Haniel
Anthropology; Mythology
One of the seven archangels in Christian lore. It is said that he escorted Enoch to heaven. Haniel is frequently associated with the planet venus and the sefirot netzah.
Arioch
Anthropology; Mythology
A demon originating in Milton's Paradise Lost and being subsequently used in later mythology. Arioch is a fallen angel that battled alongside Lucifer against the kingdom of ...
Asherah
Anthropology; Mythology
A goddess who was the wife of Baal. She is only ever referred to in a negative sense in the old testament of the bible, despite posessing the title of "Queen of Heaven"
Asmodeus
Anthropology; Mythology
A king of demons and the primary antagonist of the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit. He is one of the seven princes of hell, representing the deadly sin of lust. Those who succumb ...
Azazel
Anthropology; Mythology
A demon seen by some as a prototype form of Satan. He appears three times in the Bible, specifically in Leviticus, where he has goats sacrificed to him.
Azrael
Anthropology; Mythology
The archangel of death in the Christian, Islamic and Sikh faiths. He is said to reside in the third heaven and take on a number of forms, some overly grotesque.
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- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)