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- The creation and separation of light and dark comes up in the myths of creation or cosmogony —from kosmos, meaning “order,” and genesis, meaning “birth.” A cosmogony or cosmic creation story is also a metaphor for not just cosmic birth but individual birth and the birth of individual consciousness and identity.
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May 8, 2018 · Research on colors and symbols in psychology has revealed that dark is often associated with power, authority, and strength; whereas light is often connected to righteousness, goodness, and...
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- Greek Mythology. The best example is probably Erebus from Greek mythology. His name comes from the Greek “Erebos” meaning “deep darkness” or “shadow”. Erebus was a primordial deity seen as the personification or embodiment of darkness.
- Hindu Deities of Darkness. In the Hindu tradition, Ratri is the goddess of the night while Rahu is the celestial deity of darkness and eclipses. Rahu is associated with the demon Svarbhaanu which swallows the sun, resulting in eclipses.
- Norse Mythology. In Norse mythology, Nott is the goddess which personifies the night. She is the grandmother of Thor and the daughter of Norvi. Nott is associated with the horse Hrimfaxi and she supposedly had three marriages.
- Dark Roman Gods. In Roman mythology, Nox was the primordial goddess of the night. She was equivalent to the Greek Nyx. Scotus was the primordial god of darkness and linked the Greek god Erebus.
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Many cosmologies begin their accounts of the creation with the emergence of light (or the sun or an equivalent light principle) out of a primeval darkness, and conversely many mythologies describe the end of the world as a twilight or darkness of the gods, that is, the disappearance of light in a final darkness that engulfs all. There is an obvious...
Enough has now been said to indicate the special role of ideas and experiences of light (illumination, photismos ) in mystical systems. It seems that mysticism almost automatically resorts to a terminology of light. Greek Orthodox mystical theology emphasizes the doctrine of the divine, "uncreated light" through which the mystic achieves union with...
Dualism; Manichaeism, overview article; Moon; Mystical Union; Nimbus; Sol Invictus; Stars; Sun; Via Negativa.
Apart from the entries "Light and Darkness" by J. A. MacCulloch et al. in the Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, edited by James Hastings, vol. 8 (Edinburgh, 1915), Gustav Mensching's, "Die Lichtsymbolik in der Religionsgeschichte," in Studium Generale 10 (1957): 422–432, and "Licht und Finsternis" by K.-W. Tröger, Bernd Janowski, and Kurt Erlem...
Feb 20, 2024 · In Norse mythology, light and darkness represent contrasting forces. Light symbolizes purity, enlightenment, and order, often associated with gods like Baldur and Freyr. Darkness, on the other hand, embodies chaos, mystery, and death, linked to entities like Hel and the Fenrir wolf.
May 30, 2016 · Mythology regarding the forces of light and the forces of darkness has a long history of debate. However, there is a faction which has not been discussed so much. This is the story of shadows. In Romanian witchcraft, witches used the little known samca dolls with a desire to influence people’s shadows.
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Feb 18, 2024 · Light and darkness are powerful symbols in Roman mythology. Light symbolizes knowledge, life, and purity, often associated with gods like Apollo and Minerva. Darkness represents the unknown, death, and evil, linked to deities like Pluto and Nox. How are light and darkness portrayed in Roman myths?
Greek Thought. Philosophers rationalized the notion of light. In Greek thought, Heraclitus's theory of fire as the first principle of the world initiated an ontology of light that was further developed by the Stoics and the Pythagoreans into a dualism of light and darkness. parmenides assigned this theory to the realm of opinion.
