The word "infant" comes from the Latin word "infans" which literally means "unable to speak; speechless." Did You Know? The word cereal comes from the Roman goddess, Ceres, who is the goddess of agriculture.
Amaterasu Ōmikami 天照大神 (Shintō Sun Goddess) Hokuto Mandala 北斗曼荼羅. Big Dipper Mandala. Used when performing the Hokutohō 北斗法 or "Big Dipper Rite" for averting natural disasters and calamity. Classified as a type of Hoshi (Star) Mandala. Also classified as a Besson Mandala dedicat...
There was no one deity supreme over all, but some gods were raised to higher ranks, and the one who held the most exalted position was the sun goddess, known as the Ruler of Heaven. The emperors of Japan are said to be descended from the sun goddess Amaterasu-o-mi-kami, in unbroken...
Amaterasu Sun goddess, ancestor of Japanese emperors Oda Nobunaga Japanese lord who seized the imperial capital kyoto in 1568 and sought to rule the empire by force; committed Buddhist genocide at mount Hiei (Azuchi-Momoyama era) Toyotomi Hideyoshi General under Nobunaga; succeeded as leading military...
The word cereal comes from the Roman goddess, Ceres, who is the goddess of agriculture. Did You Know? The longest English word that is completely in alphabetical order is "aegilops," which is a type of grass plant. Did You Know? The word "sinister" is Latin for "left," because left-...
goddess, the representation in China has further interpreted in all female form around the 12th century. However soft contours of the body seen in statues and paintings have been intentionally combined with a visible moustache to emphasize the absence of sexual identity. The sacred site of Kuan-...
Yama is the Japanese word for mountain, and Terayama is the name of a Japanese family, but a Buddhist temple is never called a "TERAYAMA." The general rule is that TERA, when used as a suffix, is pronounced DERA. The Chinese (and Japanese) character for TERA / DERA is 寺. This ...
The article is devoted to the iconography and symbolism of Varsha, the goddess who symbolizes the seasons in Buddhism. The article presents images from the Mongolian Kanjur (1717–1720), book “Tibetan painted scrolls”, Chinese and Japanese treatises “300 icons” (1751) and “360 icons” (...
every inch a queen, staring unblinkingly at her own death for the sake of her people. When her death quiets the rage of the empathic Ohmu, they kindly restore her to life, thus fulfilling an ancient prophecy. In the closing scenes of the film, Nausicaä appears goddess-like on a ...
made in the mast of the ship and certain items are inserted to symbolize the spirit; these items may include a woman's hair, dolls, two dice, twelve pieces of money, and the five grains. Widely believed to be a goddess, and to grant abundant catches if worshiped when catches are poor...