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1 day ago · Hḗrā; Ἥρη, Hḗrē in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the protector of women during childbirth. In Greek mythology, she is queen of the twelve Olympians and Mount Olympus, sister and wife of Zeus, and daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea.
5 days ago · More hateful than a foe, And the Tribunes beard the high, And the Fathers grind the low. As we wax hot in faction, In battle we wax cold: Wherefore men fight not as they fought. In the brave days of old.”. ― Thomas Babington Macaulay, Horatius. Read more quotes from Thomas Babington Macaulay.
1 day ago · Hephaestus (UK: ⫽ h ɪ ˈ f iː s t ə s ⫽ hif-EE-stəs, US: ⫽ h ɪ ˈ f ɛ s t ə s ⫽ hif-EST-əs; eight spellings; Greek: Ἥφαιστος, translit. Hḗphaistos) is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture and volcanoes.
3 days ago · The gods (shen Chinese: 神; "growth", "beings that give birth") are interwoven energies or principles that generate phenomena which reveal or reproduce the way of Heaven, that is to say the order of the Greatnine.
5 days ago · There are five obligatory offerings: (1) offerings to the gods (food taken from the meal), (2) a cursory offering (bali) made to “all beings,” (3) a libation of water mixed with sesame offered to the spirits of the deceased, (4) hospitality, and (5) recitation of the Vedas.
1 day ago · Sometimes images of gods associated with the elements of nature are also painted and revered. Traditionally, the Sauras were known to make art on occasions of adversity, festivals, agricultural activities, birth and death (in honour of the recently departed souls).
5 days ago · By honoring our religion we honor God, who taught it. Therefore, by honoring the Saints we honor God, for love of whom they became religious heroes in their faith.
