Gender
Coatlicue a goddess from the Aztec culture of ancient Mexico, used this to depict gender duality
What is two snakes?
This contestation is referred to as the "Hole in the Sky" by the Cree?
What is the Plaeides?
In Christianity, a state of their saint on a woman's bedside table was believed to have the power to prevent miscarriages
Who is Saint Margaret?
The Scenes of Hell from this country are depicted in an Amusement park fashion to allow people to imagine suffering phenomenologically
What is Thailand?
This is the belief that beings are continuously reborn into one of six realms of existence
What is Samsara?
This artist worked again gender dichotomy by emphasizing the musculature in female deities
Who is Michelangelo?
In the Divine Comedy, Dante located Heaven after the Muses show him these?
What are the Bears (Ursa Major and Ursa Minor)?
The spoils of the city were displayed on the Arch of Titus to display his power as Roman Emperor
What is Jerusalem?
This Greek Goddess is often depicted with open arms as if ready to embrace her worshippers
Who is Artemis?
In Dante's version of Hell, these three persons are perpetually eaten and defecated by Satan each day
Who are Judas, Brutus and Cassius?
Girolamo Savonarola substituted Donatello's David with a statue of this figure during his tyrannical rule, which included the Bonfire of the Vanities.
Who is Judith?
In Islamic architecture these stucco decorations are often shaped like a star to indicate the North Star as the entry point into Heaven?
What are muqarnas?
In Hans Holbein's The Ambassadors, the artist placed a lute with a broken string next to a hymn book by this man, to express the hope that the Reformation was just a passing phase
Who is Luther?
In Buddhism, the can be averted if people refrained from attaching themselves obsessively to anything or anyone
What is Dukkha (suffering)?
This toms of this culture often depicts scenes of banquets to reflect the good life people have in the afterlife
Who are the Etruscans?
This Goddess is represented with sixteen arms reflecting her cosmic powers and her need to oversee various aspects of life
Who is Doumu?
This often asymmetrical figure-eight curve can be traced in the sky at a given place showing the position of the sun at the same standard time on successive days of a year.
What is an analemma?
Authorities of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan required suspected Christians to step on this likeness of Jesus or Mary in order to demonstrate that they were not members of the outlawed religion
What is a Fumi-e
This refers to the natural law of cause and effect in which all good actions are rewarded, and the outcome of one’s negative actions lead to punishment
What is Karma?
In Buddhism, the Hell of Pillar is endured for those guilty of this sin
What is sexual misconduct?
Kent Monkman's work often engages with the two-spirited persons of Indigenous religion, also know as this?
What is a Berdashe?
In Hindu tradition the stars in the constellation Ursa Major are represented by these?
What are the Seven Sages?
This Sikh leader depicted himself on a temple token seated between a Hindu and a Muslim to depict not only his power, but his religious tolerance
Who is Guru Nanak?
Buddhist women who have abortions may be sent to this Hell, where they will be eaten by this animal
What are tigers?
Elder Wilfred Buck asserts that in Cree culture is is believed humans become this after death
What is light?