A liminal deity is a god or goddess in mythology who presides over thresholds, gates, or doorways; "a crosser of boundaries". These gods are believed...

stage of a rite of passage Liminal deity, a god or goddess in mythology who presides over thresholds, gates, or doorways Liminal being, mythical being of...

In anthropology, liminality (from Latin līmen 'a threshold') is the quality of ambiguity or disorientation that occurs in the middle stage of a rite of...

Dvarapala Ethnic religion Eudaemon (mythology) Guardian angel Hiisi Liminal deity Nagual National god Neoshamanism Patron saint Uay Riffard, Pierre A...

Maman Brigitte Afterlife Death (personification) Liminal deity List of deities List of night deities List of fictional demons List of theological demons...

Astarte.: 270  From these relationships is said to be born a crocodile deity called Maga. The meaning of the name Set is unknown, but it is thought to...

The gate deities of the underworld were ancient Egyptian minor deities charged with guarding the gates of the Egyptian underworld. The Egyptians believed...

Culsans (Culśanś) is an Etruscan deity, known from four inscriptions and a variety of iconographical material which includes coins, statuettes, and a...

This is an index to deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world, listed by type of deity. A basic classification of the types...

almanacs, Juno was mistaken as the tutelary deity of the month of January, but Juno is the tutelary deity of the month of June. Janus presided over the...

any devotion to the deities of the trivium, where three roads meet...". Thanks to her association with boundaries and the liminal spaces between worlds...

(communication) Gatekeeper's lodge Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr Heimdallr Janus Liminal deity Papa Legba Porter (college) Principal–agent problem Saint Peter Kurt...

creatures on the other side of a human border, showing his status as a Liminal deity. In Etruria, he was also associated with running water. He was also...

to the Ur III period. However, Dina Katz argues that he was a distinct deity in origin, and only came to be syncretised with Nergal at some point. The...

in Latin America and Spanish-speaking Caribbean islands) is an Orisha, a deity of roads in the religions of Santería, Winti, Umbanda, Quimbanda, Holy Infant...

the history book Samguk Yusa, Cheoyong successfully repulsed the disease deity, who was having sex with his wife. After the repulse of the disease god...

written without a dingir sign denoting divinity, though he is classified as a deity in Death of Gilgamesh and elsewhere. The omission might therefore be a simple...

Jesus in the Talmud Language of Jesus Last Adam – title of Jesus Liminal deity – deity who is a crosser of boundaries List of books about Jesus List of...

and of the meaning of his name, that Portunus should be a very archaic deity and might date back to an era when Latins lived in dwellings built on pilings...

broadly equivalent to Dis Pater and Greek Pluto. For more on Ceres as a liminal deity, her earthly precedence over the underworld and the mundus, see Spaeth...

A lunar deity or moon deity is a deity who represents the Moon, or an aspect of it. These deities can have a variety of functions and traditions depending...

Roman deities respectively to the Vedic Mitra, Aryaman, and Bhaga. In this view the sovereign god (Jupiter/Mitra) was associated with two minor deities, one...

of civil door gods intended to attract blessings and good fortune. Some deities are also thought to have guardians who serve a similar role at their temples...

A-un Castor and Pollux Gate deities of the underworld Glossary of Shinto Hecate Hermes/Mercury Janus Kṣitigarbha Liminal deity Lugal-irra and Meslamta-ea...

Dvarapalas as an architectural feature have their origin in tutelary deities, like Yaksha, and warrior figures, such as Acala, of the local popular...

Hecate/Trivia marked intersections and crossroads along with other liminal deities. The Romans enthusiastically celebrated the multiple identities of...

and frighten away demons. They were also worshipped as village tutelary deities. In the southern regions of Jeolla, Chungcheong, and Gyeongsang, jangseungs...

text for the CD box set Voodoo in America where reference to Papa Legba, deity of roads and crossroads, in Robert Johnson's iconic song "Crossroads" is...

it can mean a locality where two realms touch and therefore represents liminality, a place literally "neither here nor there", "betwixt and between". In...

(domūs); and Limentinus, from limen, liminis, "threshold" (compare English "liminal"). St. Augustine mocks the apparent triviality of these "little gods" in...