Non-Christian Religions
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Theagogy (Θεαγωγία, from Θεός = God and ἀγωγός = Who Attracts, Who Evokes) (TEAGOGIA (ΘΕΑΓΩΓΊΑ, DA ΘΕΌΣ = DIO E ἈΓΩΓΌΣ = CHE ATTRAE, CHE EVOCA))
THEAGOGY (Θεαγωγία, from Θεός = God and ἀγωγός = Who Attracts, Who Evokes). - It is a technical term of theurgic liturgy, by which was… -
Theogony (TEOGONIA)
THEOGONY. - From θεός "god" and γονεία "generation," it is, in the mythology of the various peoples, the genealogy of the gods who presided… -
Thesmophoria (TESMOFORIE)
THESMOPHORIA. - A Greek festival connected with the fertility of the Earth Mother (v.) and therefore with that of woman. It was celebrated… -
Theurgy (ΘΕΟΥΡΓΊΑ) (TEURGIA (ΘΕΟΥΡΓΊΑ))
THEURGY (ΘΕΟΥΡΓΊΑ). - From θεός "god" and ἔργον "work," it means "divine operation," almost always of a magical character, performed by one… -
Titans (Τιτᾶνες) (TITANI (ΤΙΤΆΝΕΣ))
TITANS (Τιτᾶνες). - From the union of Uranus and Gaea were born the Titans, gigantic beings endowed with prodigious strength. The Theogony… -
Tosefta ('Addition') (TÓSEPHTÁ' (« AGGIUNTA »))
TOSEFTA ('ADDITION'). - A collection ("corpus iuris" of the type of the Mishnah [v.]), composed of legal norms called bārājthōth, plural of… -
Tripitaka (Tripiṭaka) (TRIPITAKA (TRIPITAKA))
TRIPITAKA (TRIPIṬAKA). - T. means the three baskets, that is, the three collections that constitute the Pāli Buddhist Canon: the… -
Tubilustrium
TUBILUSTRIUM. - A Roman festival that appears twice in the "Numan" calendar, the first celebrated on March 23 (the last day of the… -
Tyche (Τύχη)
TYCHE (Τύχη). - Greek divinity symbolizing adverse or favorable fate (her name shares the same root as τυγχένω = to obtain by lot), and… -
Underworld of the Dead (MORTI, MONDO SOTTERRANEO DEI)
UNDERWORLD OF THE DEAD. - The underworld of the dead, designated by the term "Inferi" (Infernal regions), does not carry the idea of a dark… -
Upanishads (UPANIŞAD)
UPANISHADS. - U. means "esoteric doctrine," secret, to be communicated only to a few initiates. It is the common denomination of a series… -
Uranus (Οὐρανός) (URANO (ΟΥ̓ΡΑΝΌΣ))
URANUS (Οὐρανός). - Deity representing the sky. His name is already found in Homer (Il., XV, 36; Od., V, 184) but as a protagonist he… -
Urartu
URARTU. - A region of ancient Armenia that lay to the north of Assyria, with Lake Van (Wân) almost at its center. The name U. is certainly… -
Varuna
VARUNA. - V. is the god of the starry sky, who presides over rta, the order both moral and cosmic. He placed the sun in the sky, the… -
Veda and Vedism (VEDA E VEDISMO)
VEDA AND VEDISM. - In treating of Brahmanism (v.), mention has been made of the V. and of the Vedic religion or Vedism. But we must dwell… -
Vedānta
VEDĀNTA. - One of the six orthodox philosophical systems and perhaps the most important, because it still numbers millions of followers… -
Vedoiove (VEDIOVE)
VEDOIOVE. - God of the ancient Roman religion. The festival marked on May 21 in the archaic calendar with the single word Agonium proves… -
Venus (VENERE)
VENUS. - A goddess of undoubted Italic origins, yet foreign to the most ancient Roman pantheon, since according to some Roman historians… -
Vesta and Vestalia (VESTA E VESTALIA)
VESTA AND VESTALIA. - The origins of the goddess V. at Rome go back to very ancient times: her festival, the Vestalia, appears in the… -
Vinalia
VINALIA. - Under this name two festivals are marked in the most ancient calendar of the Roman religion. Literary notices distinguish… -
Volcano
VOLCANO. - Behind the forger's figure of the conventional Hellenistic Hephaistos type, in the Roman V. one discerns the traces of an… -
Volturnalia
VOLTURNALIA. - Festival of August 27 in the archaic Roman calendar, sacred to the god Volturnus, who had his own particular priest (flamen… -
Yoga
YOGA. - Y. is the name given to "concentrated meditation," carried to the point of hypnotic ecstasy as a means of attaining the absolute… -
Zeus (Ζεός) (ZEUS (ΖΕΌΣ))
ZEUS (Ζεός). - From a root Δυμός (cf. Skt. Dyauh), "to shine, to be bright," he is the great god of the Aryan peoples from India to Europe,… -
Zodiac (ZODIACO)
ZODIAC. - The name derives from the Greek (ζωδισκός κύκλος), a term by which Greek astronomers and astrologers designated that zone of the… -
Zoroastro, Oracles of (ZOROASTRO, ORACOLI DI)
ZOROASTRO, Oracles of. - Under this name the so-called Chaldean Oracles (χαλδαϊκά λόγια) are presented by cod. Vat. gr. 1416 (16th cent.):…