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Eli ( Hebrew: עֵלִי, Modern: ʿElī, Tiberian: ʿĒlī, lit. 'ascent' or 'above'; Ancient Greek: Ἠλί, romanized : Ēli; Latin: Heli, fl. c. 11th century BC) was, according to the Book of Samuel, a priest and a judge of the Israelites in the city of Shiloh, ancient Israel. When Hannah came to Shiloh to pray for a son, Eli initially ...
A dede also called dedebaba, is a socio-religious leader in the Islamic Alevi and non-Islamic Ishiki community. It is one of the 12 ranks of Imam in Alevism. The institution of dede is the most important of all the institutions integral to the social and religious organization of the Anatolian Alevis. Although much weakened as a result of the ...
Religiō. In classic antiquity, religiō broadly meant conscientiousness, sense of right, moral obligation, or duty to anything. [20] In the ancient and medieval world, the etymological Latin root religiō was understood as an individual virtue of worship in mundane contexts; never as doctrine, practice, or actual source of knowledge.
Chief of general staff. Paul Malong Awan (born 1962), also known as Paul Malong Awan Anei, King Paul, and General Paul, is a South Sudanese politician and military figure. Until 16 May 2017 he was the Chief of General Staffs (COGS) of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA). The Chief of General Staffs was the highest-ranking military ...
Awan (surname) Awan (Kuwait), a newspaper. Awan languages, spoken in South America. Awan, an Islamic term for a captive, especially female – see Dhimmi. Alan Wake's American Nightmare, a video game for the Xbox 360. Awan (religious figure), the wife and sister of Cain. Awan (tribe)
Pinikir (figure 31) in a procession of gods, as depicted on the Yazılıkaya reliefs. Pinikir was an astral deity, possibly a divine representation of the planet Venus. In Elam she was known as kikki galirra, "mistress of heaven" According to Kamyar Abdi, in Elamite context she was additionally considered the goddess of love and sex.
Originally referring in Sanskrit to Brihaspati, a Hindu divine figure, today the term is commonly used in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism, as well as in many new religious movements. Gymnosophists: Jagad guru: world guru or world teacher Mahamandaleshwar: Mahant: Head of an Organization (could be an Acharya or Sadhu) Maharshi: great sage Or ...
