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Serapis :: Serapis (n.) An Egyptian deity, at first a symbol of the Nile, and so of fertility; later, one of the divinities of the lower world. His worship was introduced into Greece and Rome..

Osiris :: Osiris (n.) One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis..

Nimbus :: Nimbus (n.) A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5..

Henotheism :: Henotheism (n.) Primitive religion in which each of several divinities is regarded as independent, and is worshiped without reference to the rest..

Krishna :: Krishna (n.) The most popular of the Hindoo divinities, usually held to be the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu..

Naiad :: Naiad (n.) A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or fountain..

Divinities :: Divinities (pl. ) of Divinit.

Elementalism :: Elementalism (a.) The theory that the heathen divinities originated in the personification of elemental powers.

Hermes :: Hermes (n.) Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Terminal statue, under Ter

Baal :: Baal (n.) The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied.

Vesta :: Vesta (n.) One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it..

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