Ancient Religions

Idon't think there is a god of war.

The God of War is Mentu

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Staples44: The Goddess of war was Sekhmet, usually depicted as a Lioness with the head of a woman. The Goddess of Healing was Serqet.

Yes, they were. It can be argued that Akhenaten, the heretic king, was a montheist, but he was not at all successful in bringing this kind of belief to the country as a whole. The individual priesthoods were too powerful, and at his death the worship of the one god Aten went rapidly into disfavor. If Akhenaten had been a little more politically gifted, he may have been able to turn the Aten cult very much to his favor. In days that were ancient even to Akhenaten, pharaoh was technically the High Priest of every cult in the land, and this assured and consolidated his power. Over the long decline in the power and influence of the kings, the individual priesthoods of the cults, and their individual high priests, became more and more powerful-- to the point that they eventually overshadowed the power of the kings themselves. If Akhenaten had somehow gotten everyone to line up with him in the worship of Aten, he might have ushered in a new age of total pharaonic power, since he would be the one and only High Priest. Who knows? That might even have been part of his intention.

Mainly polytheism, or the belief in many gods, but some groups of people mainly focused their religon on one god

According to some Egyptian myths, the father of Khonsu was Amun. Nut was also believed to be the mother.

The god referred to is the Apis bull and was unique in ancient Egyptian history in that it was the only god worshipped in completely animal form unlike other gods who were depicted with human bodies and an animal head. There is evidence that worship of the bull began in the Old Kingdom but reached its peak in the New Kingdom. The Apis bull was selected by Egyptian priests, their criteria being, the bull be of one colour, preferably black with various white markings of mythological significance on its head legs and tail and that he be the largest and strongest bull that could be found. The Apis bull was admired because of his strength, virility and fertility and came to be closely associated with the Pharaoh. During its lifetime the Apis bull was treated like a living god, much like the Pharaoh. He was given the best of food and lodgings and of course, his choice of the finest of cows available in the hope that his insemination of one of these would produce the next Apis bull. The bull was placed in a temple by the priests where he could be viewed and worshipped by the people. It was believed that his breath could cure all manner of bodily ailments and that just being in his presence emanated virililty to the males present. The fatuous Egyptian priests also thought the bull had oracular powers and the movements of the bull were "interpreted". In Egyptian mythology, Osiris the god of the underworld, was murdered by his brother Set (sometimes Seth) at the age of twenty-eight. Since the Apis bull was so closely associated with the Pharaoh and would eventually go to join the company of the gods in the underworld, it was ritually slaughtered at that same age with all its internal organs removed and placed in canopic jars. Its body was embalmed and mummified with lavish attention. The Apis bull was entombed at Saqqara, the original Egyptian city of the dead. When that bull was buried, the process began all over again.

In a 2001 census in Australia over 70k people identified Jedi as their religion. The number dropped off slightly in later years but rose again to around 64k in the 2012 version. This is the result of a movement started in 2001 when a group of Star Wars fans began recruiting Australians to their cause.

"If there are enough people in the country, about 10,000, who put down the same religion, it becomes a fully recognized and legal religion" is what the email reads. This means that now Jedi is no longer classified as "no religion" and is now classified as a "Not defined" religion in Australia's government. Whether it's some persons idea of a joke, or just an interesting way of getting back at the government, some people think it's becoming a much bigger problem than originally thought.

The idea that a fictional Jedi order created for books and movies in the Star Wars franchise could actually be considered a real religion is absurd, but fans seem to have figured out a way to make it legitimate, at least figuratively if not literally.

Emmanuel [God is with us] is the "throne name given to Jesus." A fulfillment of the prophecy of Isiah [7:14]. Matthew both begins his Gospel with reference to Emmanuel [1:18] "You shall name the child Emmanuel" and ends it as Jesus ascends into the heavens [28:20] "Lo, I am with you always"

{soul} the inside underneath or unseen portion of

{spirit} water that carries any other properties

Now that you see what they did to the word and the word was God and is this word bacterium the only thing that can take water and dust and make flesh just a small bacteria that multiplies 10 times over at 98.6 and when it fall to the water and everything was just right it fermented and from that ferment did God put air and in that air so did the mist of Gods spirit rise and come back to the dust and bring life to everything for his small movement in the dust did make a void and fill it with love and spirit.

The Egyptian god, Ra, was associated with the midday sun. He is depicted with the body of a human, head of a falcon, and a sun disk rested on his head.

No; they are two different things; the Eye of Horus is the eye symbol, the Eye of Ra is a goddess in a protective/vengeful role for Ra.

Because it has all of the old Egyptian kings of the past written down inside it so that they will never be forgotten

It mainly though, contains spells that they believed would helped the deceased person through the underworld and to the afterlife. The Afterlife is what they believed in most and they wanted the kings to reach there safely

There were many ancient Greek gods borrowed by the Romans. Eleven of the major gods adopted by the Romans form ancient Greece include:Phoebus Apollo, Venus, Mars, Minerva, Pluto, Juno,Sol, Mercury, Neptune, Jupiter, and Ceres.

Your question is vague as you do not specify which society you are referring to. I will assume that you are referring to today's society.

The main legacies of the Romans are religion, the alphabet, language, the calendar, law, architecture and literature.

Christianity developed from a religion among a small group of Jews (who lived in Judea, which was part of the Roman Empire) into a mass religion in the Roman days. It spread around the Roman Empire. It became state religion. Catholic Christianity and Orthodox Christianity developed during the Later Roman Empire. They were originally called Latin or Western Christianity and Greek or Eastern Christianity respectively. The former was the main form of Christianity in the western part of the Roman Empire and the latter was the main form of Christianity in the eastern part of the Roman Empire.

Western European languages have adopted and adapted the Latin alphabet. The only letters in the English language which do not come from the Latin alphabet are J, U and W.

Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian are languages derived from Latin (Romance languages). Many Latin words or words of Latin origin have entered English via two routes. One was that Latin was the language of the church in the Middle Ages. The other was the Norman conquest of England. French became the court language and many French words entered into the English language. These words are usually of Latin origin.

Many international words in medicine, law and theology are Latin.

The calendar we use is the Gregorian calendar. It is named after the minor modifications made by the calendar instituted by Julius Caesar (Julian calendar) by Pope Gregory XII in 1582. Therefore, we basically use the Roman calendar. We also use translations of the Roman names for the months.

The Corpus Juris Civilis A collection of book review of imperial laws going back 400 years (to the time of Hadrian) was commissioned by the emperor Justinian I. It scrapped obsolete or unnecessary laws, made changes when necessary and clarified obscure passages. Its aim was to put the laws into books (previously they were written on many different scrolls), harmonise conflicting views among jurists which arose from centuries of poorly organised development of Roman law and have a uniform and coherent body of law. It was rediscovered in a library in Pisa in 1070. It became the foundation of the training of the nascent profession of lawyers in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. It has been used to compile the civil law of many modern nations

The Romans influenced European architecture, sculpture and painting until the early 20th century. They influenced the art of the Renaissance (14th-15th century) Baroque (17th-18th century) and Neoclassicism (18th-20th century, and is still sometimes used today). Palladian architecture was also based on Roman architecture. It was popular from the 17th century to the 20th century and was often used for public buildings. Latin literature was very influential in European literature until the mid-20th century.

Yes; but it is not the same god as both are called Horus. Or, rather thier names are translated as such into English.

Ptolemy III is credited with having begun the building of the great temple dedicated to Horus at Edfu; he does not say why - perhaps politics.

In ancient times, the culture of the Germanic peoples to Rome's north and northeast differed from Roman culture in many ways. Their division into tribes, ruled independently by individuals, was one such way. Their lack of any systematic, organized legal process was another. Their theology and religious practices, their language, and their relatively simplistic technology -- these are still other cultural differences.

You are asking about two different things. The chief god (also called a "high god") was not always the sun god; sometimes the chief deity was a mountain god or a warrior god or even a god believed to have created the world. But as for sun worship, in many ancient religions, people worshiped the sun (as well as the moon and the sky), because they did not understand astronomy or other sciences; they assumed a god or goddess must be controlling what went on in the sky, and since sunlight was so important, the sun god (or goddess) was a popular deity. In ancient Egypt, which by some accounts was the first to have a solar deity, the goddess Hathor, and later the goddess Isis were sun goddesses, and Ra was an important sun god. Romans worshiped a sun god named Sol Invictus (he was also the patron deity of soldiers). And in Greek mythology, the sun god was Helios.

what part did religion play in Athenian achievements during the golden age

what part did religion play in Athenian achievements during the golden age

I think the person who wrote the above has some mistakes. You just rewrote the questions.

At first there was an ocean of water called Nun or Nu. From this ocean came Ra. Ra then created light. He then created the air god, Shu, and the goddess of moisture, Tefnut. These gods then had Nut, the sky goddess, and Geb, the earth god. The physical universe was then formed. Next, against Ra's orders Nut and Geb had married and Nut became pregnant. As Ra had sad that Nut could not give birth on any month of the year Thoth, the god of learning, gamble with the moon for light and won 5 extra days to add to the 360 day calender. On these days were born Osiris, Horus the Elder, Seth, Isis and Nephthys.

The Romans were deeply influenced by the Greeks and the Roman elites looked up to them. The first professional teachers in Rome were Greeks from southern Italy and education was modelled on that of the Greeks. The children of the rich received an education in both Latin and Greek and were fluent in Greek. The pinnacle of their education was a stay in Greece to study Greek philosophy. The Romans had Greek libraries as well as Latin libraries. They adopted the Epicurean and the Stoic schools of Greek philosophy. Their architecture and sculpture were modelled on Greek styles. The influence of Greek mythology came through the absorption of elements of Greek religion.

Greek influence started very early on in Roman history. The Greeks established colonies (settlements) in southern Italy in the 8th and 7th century BC. Being a more advanced civilisation, their arrival had a big impact on all the Italic peoples they came in contact with during the archaic (early) period. This led to the adoption and adaptation of the western Greek alphabet by all Italic peoples, including the Latins (the Romans were Latins). Greek motifs for pottery decoration and Greek architectural styles were adopted by the Etruscans. Etruscan civilisation arose out of trade with and influence by these Greeks in what has been called the orientalising period. Recent archaeological evidence has shown that the archaic Latins were also involved in this process and that there was influence by the Greeks of Cumae (a Greek city near Naples) as well as the Etruscans.

Already the 6th century BC the Romans started using the books of the Sibyls who were Greek oracles, some of whom lived in the mentioned Greek city of Cumae near Naples. They also adopted the Greek god Apollo, who was an oracular god (that is, he was the god of the oracles) and built the Temple of Apollo Medicus (the doctor) in in 431 BC. Apollo's son, who mediated Apollo's association with medicine and healing, was also adopted. The Senate was instructed to build a temple in his honour by the Sybils in 293 BC. The Romans also procured a statue of him from Greece. The Romans adopted the Greek twin gods Castor and Pollux and the mythology associated with them by the late 5th century. They turned Heracles, the Greek mythological hero (whom they called Hercules) into a god because he was said to have killed Cacus, a fire-breathing giant who was terrorising the Roman countryside. During the Second Punic War (218-202 BC) they 'imported' Cybele (whom they called Magna Mater, Great Mother) because Sibyls said that with this Rome could defeat Carthage. Besides adopting some Greek gods, at one point the Romans linked their gods to the Greek gods and their associated mythologies.

The Romans adopted Greek columns for their temples and porticoes and the three orders (Doric, Ionic and Corinthian) the Greeks used to style them. They also developed composite orders which were a mixture of these orders.

With contact with mainland Greece, there was also influence from this part of the Greek world. From Augustus onwards, the Romans modelled their statues on the Hellenistic ones. They made copies of statues by the great classical and Hellenistic sculptors of Greece so that they could model theirs on these artists. They adopted Greek medicine and Greek sports. They adopted and improved on the Greek cranes and ballista, a crossbow-like catapult. Latin tragedies and comedies and theatre were based on the Greek ones. Roman theatre architecture was inspired by that of the Greeks. However, whilst the seating of Greek theatres were always built on hillsides, the Romans also built theatres with their own foundations which could be built on flat land.

The ancient Egyptians believed in many gods and goddesses. They believed that each god or goddess controlled an aspect of life such as the Nile the sun death fertility and so on. To show their respect and reverence for these gods and goddesses the Egyptians would offer gifts prayers and sacrifices. This was their way of worshiping the gods.

Egyptians also built temples to honor their gods and goddesses. Inside the temples priests would perform rituals and ceremonies to honor the gods. The most popular of these ceremonies were the Mysteries of Osiris and the Festival of Opet. During these ceremonies Egyptians would parade statues of gods and goddesses and make offerings to them.

In addition to temples Egyptians also built shrines to their gods and goddesses. These shrines were usually located in public areas and were often decorated with symbols of the gods. Egyptians would visit the shrines to make offerings and pray to the gods. They believed that the gods would answer their prayers if they gave offerings and showed respect.

Egyptians also believed in the power of magic and spells. They would use magic spells to ask for protection blessings or other favors from the gods. They also used spells to protect themselves and ward off evil.

Finally the ancient Egyptians believed in the afterlife. They believed that when a person died their soul would travel to the underworld and be judged by the gods. If the gods were pleased with the person they would allow them to enter the afterlife. This was a source of hope and comfort to the ancient Egyptians and they believed that the gods would reward them for their piety and worship.

I don't know all the minor Greek Gods and Goddesses, but I do know a few.

Achelois

Achelous

Aeolus

Aether

Alastor

Alcyone

Alectrona

Amphitrite

Antheia

Aphaea

Aristaeus

Asclepius

Bia

Boreas

Brizo

Caerus

Calypso

Celaeno

Ceto

Chaos

Charon

Chronos

Circe

Clotho

Cybele

Dinlas

Doris

Eileithya

Eireisone

Eectra

Elpis

Eos

Erebus

Eris

Eros

Eurus

Glaucus

Harmonia

Hebe

Hecate

Helios

Hemera

Heracles

Hesperus

Hygea

Hymenaios

Hypnos

Iris

Khione

Kotys

Lacheses

Maia

Mania

Merope

Momus

Morpheus

Nemesis

Nereus

Notus

Nike

Nyx

Pallas

Peitha

Pheme

Phosphorus

Plutus

Pontus

Priapus

Proteus

Sterope

Styx

Taygete

Thantos

Themis

Triton

Tyche

Zelus

Zephyrus

That is all I really know, but most I don't know what they represent.

Hope this helps!

his mother Isis stabbed his eye so Horus cut off Isis's head. bloody bloody family!!

In modern times, we sometimes refer to the ancient Egyptians as pagans, just as we call the ancient Romans and Greeks pagans, but this is not a description the ancients would have recognise. Since they believed that theirs was the one true religion, they did not believe it required a specific name.

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