Partition du corps et ornements des dieux aztèques by Loïc Vauzelle

“…Beyond specific attributes enabling the Aztec divinities to be identified, there existed a body structure valid for all gods. Their body was divided into several parts and these held a certain number of ornaments. …”
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« À qui appartenait la terre ? » dans le royaume hindou du Népal by Marc Gaborieau

“…In this unequal struggle for land access, as well as access to women, it is always the gods that retain the upper hand: humans—king and subjects alike—always come second after them, and only get leftovers.…”
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Scott Davidson: Going Grey: The Mediation of Politics in an Ageing Society by Petter Haakenstad Godli

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Under the Skies of Olympus: Three Types of Divine Landscapes in the Homeric Hymns by Vaiva Vasiliauskaitė

“… The paper discusses the landscapes of Apollo, Hermes, Pan, and Demeter in the Homeric hymns, analysing how particular landscape representations articulate the gods’ functions and identities, their relationship to humanity and the structure of the Olympic cosmos. …”
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Some Customary Law Nuance on that Hagiography: Attempt of Interpretations by Marius Ščavinskas

“…Vaitiekus was sacrificed to gods, how would Prussians later render his head or body as a ransom to Polish Duke Boleslaw the Brave? …”
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Espaces, parcours cérémoniels et fabrication d’objets rituels dans la fête mexica d’etzalcualiztli by Elena Mazzetto

“…In this work, we intend to approach these topics, in the case of the etzalcualiztli celebration dedicated to the aquatic gods, by drawing the attention on three aspects: the use of religious places, the creation of ritual objects and the logic of the ceremonial processions which took place in the urban space of Mexico-Tenochtitlan…”
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Biblical metaphor: the cosmic garden heritage by B. Green

“…Using as a sample trope the ancient Near Eastern and biblical figure of the cosmic garden where humans live with the gods until they are exiled, the article works out the implications of the image, using prophetic texts and cognitive theory. …”
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Spiritualiteit in het Lucasevangelie. Verwachting en volharding by H. Welzen

“…In Luke’s view Jerusalem’s rejection of Gods liberation has led to the destruction of the city. …”
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Could the Mexica toztli have been a sun parakeet? Connecting Mexica featherwork to South America by Louise Deglin

“…Colorful feathers were an important part of the regalia and martial attributes of the Mexicas, who used them on headdresses, shields, capes, but also on the images of their gods. Despite the early interest of Europeans in the American featherwork, some bird species used by the amanteca remain undetermined to this day. …”
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La description du Grand Temple de Mexico par Bernardino de Sahagún (Codex de Florence, annexe du Livre II) by Aurélie Couvreur

“…This paper proposes a detailed analysis of Sahagún’s testimony in order to underline its internal coherence as well as the sometimes completely new nature of the information it contains, notably concerning unknown gods and minor rituals. The comparison of these data with the other sources enables us to evaluate this text’s validity and to emphasize its constant references to the different districts (calpulli) of Mexico-Tenochtitlan. …”
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El Métraux haitiano. La construcción de una etnología religiosa by Fernando Giobellina Brumana

“…Métraux achieves several key theoretical and methodological innovations in this book: 1. the search for a kind of ritual syntax; 2. a focus on real practices instead of lettered formations of the cult; 3. an acknowledgement that voodoo is unmistakably Haitian and that its roots are European as much as African; 4. a rejection of the assumption that the Catholicism of voodoo adepts would be mere deception; 5. the identification of a narrative level where stories of the gods’ avatars are replaced by tales of their interventions in the life of humans. …”
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Status prawny hermafrodytów w Rzymie by Jarosław Rominkiewicz

“…Romans applied this term to describe peculiar phenomena caused—as they believed—by divine activity, which were aimed at indicating the imminent rupture of pax deorum, i.e. an accord between humans and the gods. The social norms established within ancient states were based on strict division of roles and functions, resulting from gender diff erentiation. …”
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Burial customs and the pollution of death in ancient Rome: procedures and paradoxes by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…Contamination through contact with the dead was thought to affect interpersonal relationships, interfere with official duties and prevent contact with the gods. However, considerations of hygiene relating to possible physical contamination also played a role. …”
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Dasaĩ and dual power among the Yakthumba by Philippe Sagant

“…And so we find the Yakthumba living under the twofold antagonistic power of the gods (Durgā and Nahangma), which is the foundation of the twofold antagonistic power of men (subbā and tumyang). …”
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Realigning with the slave-like Jesus of Mark: The shorter ending of Mark 16:1-8 as a relecture by S. Joubert

“…This new reception text, which is embedded in Mark’s original reference text, pushes the intended readers not only to re-read the Gospel, but also to re-understand it in light of Mark’s provocative presentation of the “non-godly” bodily demeanour of Jesus. However, it would appear that the original intertextual relecture, prompted by the ending of Mark 16:1-8, did not wholly succeed. …”
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À l’intérieur des images by Joséphine Alida Jacquier

“…The characteristics that according to Creuzer constitute the symbol – suddenness, appearance and clarity – structure not only Flaubertʼs descriptions of hallucinations and artistic visions, but also reveal themselves as essential elements of the epiphanean défilé of the gods. The dissecting character of science and the symbolical way of thinking form the hybrid structure of the Tentation. …”
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Goats and Goddesses. Digital Approach to the Religioscapes of Atargatis and Allat by Kubiak-Schneider Aleksandra, Mazurek Sebastien

“…Through a digital approach, we can visualize the epigraphic data concerning ancient people, their ties with places, gods, and with each other. The charts and maps show the connectivity of distant places, such as Delos, Syrian Hierapolis, Athens, and Rome, and people of different cultural backgrounds who worshipped the goddesses. …”
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Near-Infrared Spectroscopy during the Verbal Fluency Task before and after Treatment with Image Exposure and SSRI Therapy in Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Mari Nakanishi, Harumi Oshita, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Ayako Inoue, Chiwa Kawashima, Kana Okamoto, Shunsuke Kobayashi, Yoshinobu Ishitobi, Taiga Ninomiya, Jotaro Akiyoshi

“…Her obsessive-compulsive symptoms comprised thoughts of words such as rape, crematorium, neck hanging, unhappy, death, die, and kill and images such as a shelf of gods, a shrine, a Buddhist altar, the sun, the sky, and the faces of her parents, siblings, and relatives. …”
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Identification and Stylistic Analysis of the Artistic Expression on Opa, Yoruba Sculptural Verges by Michael Olaniyi Ajadi

“…Findings unveiled artists’ expression towards this symbol of superiority which exists within the hierarchical structure of chieftaincy and religious cults’ orientations of Yoruba gods. However, it is apparent from studied verges that fastidiously effort given to the balance of patterns, motifs, and forms through professionalism and prowess suggest Yoruba ways of life. …”
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Marriage by Proxy: A Remedy to Divorce and Single Parenting as Presented in Ifá Ogbèdí Divination Poetry by Samuel Kayode Olaleye

“…Yet, the latter argument may not be strong enough since many prominent women were successful in their business enterprises and marriage even in times of the gods such as Ajé who had 200 slaves that helped her to take her wares to the market. …”
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