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Meet the 13 Most Influential Japanese Gods and Goddesses

The most prominent of these deities are the Shinto gods, who are revered as guardians of nature, fertility, and agriculture. Amaterasu, the sun goddess and supreme ruler of the heavens, and Susanoo, the god of storms and the sea, are two of the most well-known Shinto deities.

You Really Need to Read These Brilliant Lao-Tzu Quotes

He is best known as the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching and the founder of philosophical Taoism, but he is also revered as a deity in religious Taoism and traditional Chinese religions.

Which Are the World's Biggest Statues?

From what I can tell, it usually has to do with conveying an idea or honoring something bigger than ourselves, like a deity or a concept. The statue of liberty represents the notion of freedom and justice for all. Many are built to honor one's religious icon.

The Fascinating Afterlife of Different Cultures...

Zoroastrianism People who follow Zoroastrianism believe in a benevolent god called Ahura Mazda and an evil deity known as Angra Mainyu. They believe that after death, a person may either enter heaven or hell, depending on how well they led their life.

History Ruined: Strong Photos of Monuments Ruined by ISIS

In classical architecture, a cella is where a cult image or statue of the temple's deity would have been kept. This is what's left of the sculptures in Palymra's museum. Ruined statues in the Palmyra m​useum. A doorway is the only part of the Temple of Bel's cella that's still intact.

These Flowers Glow With Deadly Radiation

Others look like otherworldly deities or even aliens. What do they look like to you? St.

10 of the Fiercest Ancient Celtic Gods and Goddesses

Each of the deities worshipped by the Celts was closely associated with the natural world. In this article, we look at ten of the most prominent ancient Celtic gods and goddesses. 1.

The Eerie, Spiritual, and Sometimes Fun History of Masks

Alternatively, they could represent ancestral spirits or deities that were part of their early Stone Age belief system.

Discover the Largest Temples Ever Constructed

A particularly wonderful feature of this temple is that it’s covered in carvings of flora, fauna, dancers, musicians, and deities from top to bottom. 3. Borobudur Feast your eyes on the world’s largest Buddhist temple, which can be found on the Indonesian island of Java.

They Have Some Beautiful Items at the Metropolitan Museum...

The deity is the smaller figure which offers the king an ankh, a hieroglyph meaning “life”, with his left hand. Bracelet with Agathodaimon - 1st century B.C.–A.D. 1st century, Egypt This golden bracelet features talismans of fertility and good fortune in the form of two snakes.

Pics of Massive Things That Will Leave You Overawed

Kannon is the Japanese name for the Indian Buddhist deity Avalokiteshvara , the bodhisattva of compassion. At 330 feet (100 m), this is the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan Image source: Reddit 11. A Japanese spider crab ( Macrocheira kaempferi ) - both terrifying and fascinating.

Only in China - A Collection of 16 Fascinating Images

The 88-meter-tall (289 feet) statue depicts Yang'asha, a deity worshiped by the Miao, a local ethnic group in Guizhou, China Image source: Instagram 6. 

14 Award-Winning Photos of Marine Life and Sea Exploration

"Guardian Deity" by Ryohei Ito Location: Japan Image Source: Ryohei Ito/ Underwater Photographer of the Year 6. "Jellyfish galore" by Oleg Gaponyuk Location: Jellyfish Lake, Palau Image Source: Oleg Gaponyuk/ Underwater Photographer of the Year [related_articles] 7.

This is What Roman Sculptures REALLY Looked Like...

Athena Lemnia source Athena was the protecting deity of the famous city of Athens, and as such was a kind of symbol for the great city, which so dominated cultural life during the Roman empire, long after Athens had resigned its own limited leadership of the Greek world.

Macedonian 3D Artist Puts a Modern Twist on Mythology

As an avid lover of mythology, to take his native Slavic deities and monsters and create models of them in the style of Greek and Roman art. It didn’t stop there, as he wondered how he can reimagine the figures of Greek myth with a clever and often modern twist to them.