Deity in a sentence

Although a male deity existed as well, “…statues of a female deity far outnumber those of the male deity, who moreover, does not appear to be represented at all after Level VI”. citation To date, eighteen levels have been identified.

As the initiates gathered for the ceremony, the babalawo struck the chord of the Ifa deity thrice on the pouch but the deity refused to communicate with the initiates as it used to do.

The event was organised to address misconceptions about the Esu deity and to commemorate Esu Deity Day.

As he returns to the land of the living, Amaterasu (the sun goddess) is born from his left eye, Tsukiyomi (the moon deity) from his right eye, and Susanoo (the storm deity) is born from Izanagi's nose.

A wide array of armor and weapons are also deity-tied, making it possible for only those who worship that deity to wear/equip them.

However many modern scholars (such as John Polkinghorne ) hold that it is part of a deity's nature to be consistent and that it would be inconsistent for a deity to go against its own laws unless there were an overwhelming reason to do so.

In temple offering rituals, the officiating priest took on the role of Horus, the gifts to the deity became the Eye of Horus, and whichever deity received these gifts was momentarily equated with Osiris.

One practices oneself in the identification with the meditational Buddha or deity ( yidam ) by visualisations, until one can meditate single-pointedly on 'being' the deity.

The Tantrika practitioner may use visualizations of deities, identifying with a deity to the degree that the aspirant "becomes" the Ishta-deva (or meditational deity ).

This view is called universal possibilism. citation Allowing assumption that a deity exists, further debate may be provoked that said deity is consciously taking actions.

Vol.I, p. 3 The earth deity had power over the ghostly world, and it is believed that she was the deity behind the oracle.

Words or phrases that are neither proper nouns nor derived from proper nouns are often capitalized in present-day English: Dr, Baptist, Congregationalism, His and He in reference to the deity (or "the Deity").

Although the medium is different, the religious practices involved in worshipping the deity are no different from doing it when there is a clay idol involved.

An ancient water deity reigns over progress and power in this stunning and expressionistic African saga.

Argentina’s resources, comparable to the United States or Canada are sadly mismanaged by big government, corruption and a socialist legacy of the ruling Peron deity and its enduring political ideology, which harks back to Evita Peron in the 1950’s.

As long as the people of the island kingdom were loyal to the Valar, Uinen was their most important deity.

Considering the affairs attached to the deity as secular is first rate absurdity; there is nothing secular about a temple.

Gorr was shocked when his people's deity laughed in his face, so Gorr seized a nearby sword and committed deicide.

He goes step by step — placing the deity's hands, feet and weapons.

He is an extremely powerful deity offering bonuses to a variety of different areas.