But why did they go to all that effort? Well, that comes down to their religion which celebrated lots of different gods and goddesses each with their own role to play. Ancient Egyptians believed ...
The author shows how Christianity and Islam spread along the military and agricultural frontiers of southern India, and how certain beliefs and practices derived local force from an ambiguous ...
We meet Homer, famous writer of Ancient Greece, who introduces us to the Olympians - twelve of the most important gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece - and also Ancient Greek beliefs about the ...
In India where light skin is coveted, a new campaign is re-imagining popular Hindu gods and goddesses with a darker skin, writes the BBC's Geeta Pandey in Delhi. The desire for fairer skin is not ...
The Newars pride themselves on being the custodians of culture in the valley, and an agelong cornerstone of their culture is the worship of little girls as living goddesses. In the family living ...
We no longer like the idea that the best stories are given to a few fated writers by God, that great plots and characters are bestowed on favoured authors by goddesses. But the answer to that ...
1 by carrying goddesses from its remote island shrines to the mainland with a spectacular parade of ships. The Miaresai festival is held once a year to welcome the Shinto goddesses from Okitsu ...
A 22-year-old artist has crafted miniature wooden models of the goddesses of 18 prominent ‘Shakti’ shrines located in Odisha’s Ganjam district in celebration of the ongoing Navaratri festival.
"Lands of the Goddesses" requires Zelda to fix the giant rifts in Eldin Volcano, Holy Mount Lanayru, and Faron Wetlands, and receive the sanctions from the goddesses of Hyrule. In doing so ...