Walk Like An Egyptian
The Egyptian Sun God, creator and father of all gods.
Who was Ra (Amun Ra)?
This was the Greek king of the gods (and his Roman counterpart was named this).
Who are Zeus (Jupiter)?
This was the founder of a monotheistic religion in northern Persia (circa 1200 BCE) which taught that human life is a constant struggle between the forces of "good" against the forces of "evil." This religion is named for him.
Who was Zoroaster (Zarathustra)?
This was the Norse (Viking) king of the gods and considered the "All-Father" god who oversaw all events in human lives.
Who was Odin (Wodan)?
According to the Japanese tradition of Shinto, this is the universal spirit that binds all things together as sacred and gives order to the universe.
What is Kami?
This god of the fertile Nile Valley was murdered by his jealous brother. After being brought back to life by his wife, he came to represent resurrection and "new life" while also becoming the god of the "other world" (underworld).
Who was Osiris?
This was the Greek queen of the gods (and her Roman name was this).
Who was Hera (Juno)?
In Zoroastrianism, this is the all-powerful creator god who represents all things good.
Who was Ahura Mazda?
This was the Celtic "Father god" who was represented as dwarf-like and possess an everlasting full cauldron.
Who was Dagda?
This "entrance" to a Shinto shrine is typically painted red or vermillion to ward off evil spirits and separates the temporal, secular world from the spiritual, eternal one.
What is the "Torii Gate"?
This sky god was the son of the re-born Osiris and his wife Isis (queen of the gods, and goddess of healing), he had the head of a falcon and became associated with the Egyptian pharoahs who were considered his "heirs."
Who was Horus?
This was the Greek goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare (and her Roman name was this).
Who was Athena (Minerva)?
In Zoroastrianism, the deceiver god who attempts to trick or persuade humans to do evil is known by this name.
Who was Angra Mainyu?
This was the Norse (Viking) god of thunder and fertility who possessed a magic hammer called Mjolnir with which he combatted evil.
Who was Thor?
Among the Lakota Sioux Native American culture, this is the eternal universal spirit that pervades all things both living and non-living, making them interconnected and therefore sacred.
What is Wakan?
This goddess was a daughter of Ra and was the goddess of truth, justice, and universal order & balance. She was the wife of Toth, the god of wisdom and learning, and had an ostrich feather in her headress. This feather was weighed against the heart of the deceased on the "Scales of Truth" to determine the fate of the soul (Ka).
Who was Ma'at?
This was the Greek god the Sea (and his Roman name was this).
Who was Poseidon (Neptune)?
After the time of death of the mortal body, a person's soul is led to the "Chivat Bridge" (Bridge of Judgement) where they are judged according to their deeds in life, and permitted to cross over into paradise or be cast down into the place of torment known as this.
What is the "House of Lie"?
According to Norse mythology, this was the dwelling place of all the Norse gods and goddesses.
What was Asgard?
This is the Lakota Sioux name for the eternal creator god who controls all things in the universe, and is the father of all things.
What is Wakan Tanka?
This god of embalming and guardian of cemeteries and protector of graves had the head of a jackal and was charged with weighing the heart of a deceased person against the "Feather of Ma'at" on the Scales of Truth to determine whether the soul (Ka) might be permitted to proceed to the "other world" or be devoured by the monster Ammut.
Who was Anubis?
This was the Greek god of the Underworld (and his Roman name was this).
Who was Hades (Pluto)?
Because Zoroastrians believe that a deceased body is contaminated with evil, there is no funerary process that involves either burial, creamation, or cast into water. Instead they are placed on raised platforms to be exposed to the elements and to scavenger birds until their dried bones may be interred. These raised platforms are known as this.
What are Daxma or "Towers of Silence"?
According to Norse mythology, this was the "World Tree" that spanned all the realms of the universe and whose roots extended into the spirit world.
What was Yggdrasil?
Because both the Japanese religious tradition of Shinto and the Lakota Sioux religious beliefs maintain that all things, both animate and inanimate / organic and inorganic as possessing a "spirit" as part of the collective universal spirit, they may both be described as reflecting this perspective.
What is "Animism" / "Animistic"? (The term "Pantheistic" might also apply.)