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... deities of monotheis- tic religions , including what might be termed demons . As is almost necessary in polytheism , gods were neither all- powerful nor all - knowing . Their power was immeasurably greater than that of human beings ...
... deities of monotheis- tic religions , including what might be termed demons . As is almost necessary in polytheism , gods were neither all- powerful nor all - knowing . Their power was immeasurably greater than that of human beings ...
Page 109
... deities were rarely spouses . The notion of plurality and the bringing together of the essential types of deity may have been as important to the triads as the family analogy . Another important ordering of deities was syncretism , a ...
... deities were rarely spouses . The notion of plurality and the bringing together of the essential types of deity may have been as important to the triads as the family analogy . Another important ordering of deities was syncretism , a ...
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Develop- ments in the 1st mil- lennium National deities Lesser deities Petra Pilgrimages Burials Boğazköy Cults of. identified with the Mesopotamian Ishtar ; and Kushukh and Shimegi , lunar and solar deities , respectively . Hurrian ...
Develop- ments in the 1st mil- lennium National deities Lesser deities Petra Pilgrimages Burials Boğazköy Cults of. identified with the Mesopotamian Ishtar ; and Kushukh and Shimegi , lunar and solar deities , respectively . Hurrian ...
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