holy well or sacred spring is a well, spring or small pool of water revered either in a Christian or pagan context, sometimes both. The water of holy...
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The nuragic holy well is a typical Sardinian hypogean Bronze Age structure for the worship of the waters. Scattered throughout the island, along with...
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piped water supply from the well Uses Holy well, sacred wells in various religions Abraham's well, sacred well in Israel Ghat, sacred in Hinduism and...
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The Holy Well is set on the slopes of the Malvern Hills above Malvern Wells. The well is believed to be the site of the oldest bottling plant in the world...
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A clootie well is a holy well (or sacred spring), almost always with a tree growing beside it, where small strips of cloth or ribbons are left as part...
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The Holy of Holies (Hebrew: קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים, romanized: Qōḏeš haqQŏḏāšīm or Kodesh HaKodashim; also הַדְּבִיר hadDəḇīr, 'the Sanctuary') is a term...
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overseeing the holy Zamzam well have moved with the times". Arab News. April 7, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2022. General Presidency of the Holy Mosque and...
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River Awbeg (redirect from Knockanare Well)
On our premises [..] At the river Awbeg [..] we have a "holy well" [..] Next to the holy well an original "Sheila na gGioch" "NMS mapping data - CO026-086002-"...
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site is managed by Cadw. St Winefride's Holy Well at Holywell Farm in Cheshire is one of a number of holy wells dedicated to St Winefride which were placed...
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describes that the third root of the well "extends to heaven" and that beneath the root is the "very holy" well Urðarbrunnr. At Urðarbrunnr the gods hold...
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Castleknock (section Holy wells)
Mary. In the townland of Diswellstown, there is a historic "rag well" - a holy well near which rags were left. Although it still flows, it was "buried"...
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do not. Indeed, the Holy Thorn Tree, also known as the Glastonbury Thorn (Crataegus Monogyna praecox) blooms in the Chalice Well garden every Christmas...
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Spring (hydrology) (redirect from Well spring)
Europe, pagan sacred sites frequently became Christianized as holy wells. The term "holy well" is commonly employed to refer to any water source of limited...
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2473694; 17.0668750 Chapel of the Holy well is a chapel located in Marianka, Slovakia. Rotunda Chapel of the Holy well was commissioned in 1696 for 1000...
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Rathbeagh (redirect from Saint Catherine's Well, Rathbeagh)
- holy well : RATHBEAGH". Historic Environment Viewer. National Monuments Service. Retrieved 25 June 2024. Ó Dálaigh, Pádraig (2018). The holy wells of...
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Holy water is water that has been blessed by a member of the clergy or a religious figure, or derived from a well or spring considered holy. The use for...
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is a figure of European folklore, a female spirit of fresh water in a holy well or river. She is usually depicted as a woman who is a serpent or fish...
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The Holy Terror is a 1939 work by H. G. Wells that is in part an analysis of fascism and in part a utopian novel. The Holy Terror presents itself as a...
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St Dominic's Holy Well is a natural spring located in the parish of St George, Truro, Cornwall. The well now known as St Dominic's Well is located in...
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Sacred waters (redirect from Holy lake)
formations such as rivers, lakes, springs, reservoirs, and oceans, as opposed to holy water which is water elevated with the sacramental blessing of a cleric....
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& Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7094-4. Cordner, W.S. (1946), "The Cult of the Holy Well", Ulster Journal of Archaeology, 9: 24–36 Ditchfield, Peter Hampson (1896)...
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Kilgeever Abbey (section Holy well and pilgrimage)
County Mayo. The site consists of a ruined church, a graveyard and a holy well, where pilgrimages or patterns take place. The site is part of the Clew...
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Nuragic civilization (section Holy wells)
found, as well as characters with four arms and eyes and two-headed deer: they probably had a mythological and religious significance. Another holy animal...
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Well (Welsh: Ffynnon Wenffrewi) is a holy well and national shrine located in the Welsh town of Holywell in Flintshire. The patron saint of the well,...
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Balgriffin". Its complex also comprises an octagonal baptistry built over a holy well - Ireland's only surviving standalone baptistry - and a stone housing...
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The Holy See (Latin: Sancta Sedes, lit. 'Holy Chair', Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈsaŋkta ˈsedes]; Italian: Santa Sede [ˈsanta ˈsɛːde]), also called the See...
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round tower, and the ruins of several small churches, as well as four high crosses and a holy well. Despite the lack of population, the cemetery on this...
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For the majority of Christian denominations, the Holy Spirit, or Holy Ghost, is believed to be the third Person of the Trinity, a triune God manifested...
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River, providing various amenities for pilgrims. Located on the banks of the holy river Ganges, Varanasi is regarded as among the holiest of the Hindu cities...
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The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed...
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