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Blurry boundaries between Ṅwali and Jehovah in some Tshivenḓa modern poems

open access: yesTheologia Viatorum, 2023
Contrary to some Vhavenḓa poets who recognise Ṅwali and/or Raluvhimba as Jehovah, this article argues that Ṅwali and Jehovah are two distinct deities. It further asserts that there is no kinship or continuity between these deities.
Moffat Sebola
doaj   +1 more source

Recitation of song lyrics about local deities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Shudha Bhakti and Narayan Bhakti recite the lyrics of a song about Bhagwati, one of the local deities.
Martinez, Philippe Antoine
core   +2 more sources

Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of local deities and traditional beliefs in promoting the sustainable use of mangrove ecosystems

open access: yesForest Policy and Economics
, their effectiveness has received limited attention. This case study from the Benin Republic (West Africa) examines how local deities and traditional beliefs can reduce manmade threats to mangroves. Data were collected from three categories of mangroves
Sètondé Constant Gnansounou   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

“Idol talks!” AI-driven image to text to speech: illustrated by an application to images of deities

open access: yesHeritage Science
This work aims to provide an innovative solution to enhance the accessibility of images by an innovative image to text to speech system. It is applied to Hindu and Christian divine images.
P. S. Sherly, P. Velvizhy
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cobra Deities and Divine Cobras: The Ambiguous Animality of Nāgas

open access: yesReligions, 2019
In South Asia, cobras are the animals most dangerous to humans—as humans are to cobras. Paradoxically, one threat to cobras is their worship by feeding them milk, which is harmful to them, but religiously prescribed as an act of love and tenderness ...
Gerrit Lange
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Magical Cosmovision of the Native Peoples of America

open access: yesИбероамериканские тетради
The first inhabitants of America must have come from Siberia, from the extreme north of Asia, and entered the American continent during the last glaciation, which began 110,000 years ago and ended around 10,000 BP.
E. Aguilar Montalvo
doaj   +3 more sources

Investigation of Soroush's Concept in Avestan and Pahlavi Literature [PDF]

open access: yesمطالعات ادیان و عرفان تطبیقی, 2018
Surūsh (Av. Səraoša), as one of the most venerated deities in Zoroastrian religion, holds a special position in the hierarchy of Zoroastrian deities. Surūsh is one of the few among Zoroastrian deities who are attested in the Gathas.
میترا آقامحمدحسنی   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fate Strikes Back: New Evidence for the Identification of the Hittite Fate Deities and Its Implications for Hieroglyphic Writing in Anatolia

open access: yesJournal of Cuneiform Studies, 2019
In 2014, I proposed that the GUL-šeš deities may have to be identified with the Kuwa(n)šeš deities, a suggestion that has met with severe criticisms. Since now new evidence has come to light that confirms the equation of these deities, it seems opportune
W. Waal
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Women's valuation in African-based religious organizations through the worshiping of female deities

open access: yesRevista Eletrônica de Ciência Administrativa, 2022
The article seeks to understand how religious organizations of African origin, through the cult of female deities, value women and what are the social impacts on their lives.
Renan Gomes de Moura   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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