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Frøy er det mannlige motstykke til fruktbarhets- og kjærlighetsgudinnen Frøya, som er hans søster. Navnene betyr herre og frue, hersker og herskerinne, hvilket kan tyde på at gudene opprinnelig var så mektige at man ikke kunne tiltale dem ved deres rette navn. Begge er barn av vaneguden Njord. På mange måter utgjør Freyr og Freyja […]

Skikken med å krysse fingrene i håp om at noe skal gå bra, er vanlig i den kristne delen av verden. De kryssede fingrene skal ligne et kors som hindrer ondskap. Andre måter å avverge ondskap på er å slå korsets tegn for brystet og banke i bordet. Trolig er berøringen av et eller annet […]

Soghomon Soghomonian, ordained and commonly known as Komitas, (26 September 1869 – 22 October 1935) was an Armenian priest, musicologist, composer, arranger, singer, and choirmaster, who is considered the founder of Armenian national school of music. He is recognized as one of the pioneers of ethnomusicology. Orphaned at a young age, Komitas was taken to […]

The Sun goddess of Arinna is the chief goddess and wife of the weather god Tarḫunna in Hittite mythology. She protected the Hittite kingdom and was called the “Queen of all lands.” Her cult centre was the sacred city of Arinna. In addition to the Sun goddess of Arinna, the Hittites also worshipped the Sun […]

The Ascension of Jesus (anglicized from the Vulgate Latin Acts 1:9-11 section title: Ascensio Iesu) is the departure of Christ from Earth into the presence of God. The well-known narrative in Acts 1 takes place 40 days after the Resurrection: Jesus, in the company of the disciples, is taken up in their sight after warning […]

Vulcan was the offspring of Jupiter and Juno. His Greek counterpart is Hephaestus, the god of fire and smithery. Through his identification with the Hephaestus, Vulcan came to be considered as the manufacturer of art, arms, iron, jewelry, and armor for various gods and heroes, including the lightning bolts of Jupiter. He was the son […]

Pluto was the ruler of the underworld in classical mythology. The earlier name for the god was Hades, which became more common as the name of the underworld itself. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pluto represents a more positive concept of the god who presides over the afterlife. Ploutōn was frequently conflated with Ploutos […]

Forholdet mellom Tyr og Tor, to skikkelser som deler mye til felles, er det samme som mellom Shiva og Indra, eller Parjanya, Nergal og Ninurta, Mars og Jupiter osv. De har begge vært himmelguder og representanter for sola, men utgjør to forskjellige utviklinger av en og samme gud. Tyr, som var germanernes hovedgud i tidlige […]

Proto-Euphratean was considered by some Assyriologists (for example Samuel Noah Kramer), to be the substratum language of the people that introduced farming into Southern Iraq in the Early Ubaid period (5300-4700 BC). The 5.9 kiloyear event at the end of the Older Peron was one of the most intense aridification events during the Holocene Epoch. […]

Pluto / Mars (Tyr) – Neptune / Venus – Uranus / Mercury (Odin) – The Moon or Luna is associated with Monday. Pluto is associated with Tuesday, alongside Mars. (Tyr) Uranus is associated with Wednesday, alongside Mercury. (Odin) Jupiter is associated with Thursday. (Thor) Neptune is assiciated with Friday, alongside Venus. (Frigg / Freyja) Saturn […]

Sha Šarruma or Sharruma was a Hurrian mountain god, who was also worshipped by the Hittites and Luwians. The original source and meaning of the name is unknown. In Hittite and Hurrian texts, his name was linked with the Akkadian šarri (“King”) and could be written with the Sumerogram for King, LUGAL-ma. In Hieroglyphic Luwian, […]

Januar (Capricorn; Janus) – Juni (Cancer; Juni) / Sagittarius – Gemini Capricorn: December 21 – January 20 Juni: June 21 – July 22 Sagittarius: November 22 – December Gemini: May 20 – June 21 Scorpio: October 23 – November 22 Taurus: April 19 – May 20 – Mars (Aries; Mars) […]

An equinox is the moment in which the plane of Earth’s equator passes through the center of the Sun, which occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 23 September. The subsolar point crosses the equator moving northward at the March equinox and southward at the September equinox. The equinoxes, along with solstices, are directly […]