• A tutelary (/ˈtjuːtəlɛri/; also tutelar) is a deity or a spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person...
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    of the city of Sais in Lower Egypt Nekhbet – A vulture goddess, the tutelary deity of Upper Egypt Nephthys – A member of the Ennead, the consort of Set...
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    to "decree the fates of mankind". Gudea described them as "Lamma (tutelary deities) of all the countries." While it is common in modern literature to...
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    Ishtadevata (category Tutelary deities)
    devatā, "godhead, divinity, tutelary deity" or deva, "deity"), is a term used in Hinduism denoting a worshipper's favourite deity. It is especially significant...
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    Horus (redirect from Heru (Egyptian deity))
    man with a falcon head. The earliest recorded form of Horus is the tutelary deity of Nekhen in Upper Egypt, who is the first known national god, specifically...
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  • Horned deity Imperial Cult Incarnation Master of Animals / Potnia Theron Mother Nature Reincarnation / Rebirth Sacred king Son of God Theophany Tutelary deity...
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    Semitic word meaning 'god' or 'deity', or referring (as a proper name) to any one of multiple major ancient Near Eastern deities. A rarer form, 'ila, represents...
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    A household deity is a deity or spirit that protects the home, looking after the entire household or certain key members. It has been a common belief in...
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    religion of Malaysian Chinese - Peranakans and Chinese Indonesians, "Tutelary deity of Earth and Land" Bhivsen or Bhimal, god of the earth Bhum, goddess...
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    Kuladevata (redirect from Family deity)
    lit. 'clan deity'), also known as a kuladaivaṃ (Tamil: குலதெய்வம்), is an ancestral tutelary deity in Hinduism and Jainism. Such a deity is often the...
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    Silvanus (/sɪlˈveɪnəs/; meaning "of the woods" in Latin) was a Roman tutelary deity of woods and uncultivated lands. As protector of the forest (sylvestris...
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    the role of tutelary deities of the newborn not only because of their own features as goddess of the deliverers and as apotropaic tutelary god of infants...
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    Serapis (i.e. Apis explicitly identified as Osiris in full) had been the tutelary deity of the village of Rhacotis, before it suddenly expanded into the great...
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    with this city in the Early Dynastic period, and was recognized as its tutelary deity and divine ruler. His temple located there was known under the ceremonial...
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    of trees, marsh and forest in Eastern Baltic mythology Leshy, is a tutelary deity of the forests in pagan Slavic mythology along with his wife Leshachikha(or...
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    chief of deity serve as guardians of the earth. (พระภูมิเจ้าที่) deity guardians of the trees (รุกขเทวดา) and Tutelary deity. (เทพารักษ์) which deity these...
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    consort of a weather god; invoked to aid in childbirth Apaliunas – tutelary deity of the city of Wilusa Āpi – chthonic Aranzah/Aranzahas – personification...
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    Domovoy (category Slavic tutelary deities)
    expressions of the Domovoy, are: Dvorovoy – tutelary deity of the courtyard Bannik – "Bath Spirit", the tutelary deity of the private or public bathhouses, who...
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    "generative powers". These gods can be nature deities or national, community or kinship tutelary deities or ancestral gods and the ancestral gods of a...
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    Patron saint (redirect from Tutelary saint)
    places Patron saints of ethnic groups Military saints Saint symbolism Tutelary deity Slocum, Robert Boak; Armentrout, Donald S. (2000). "Patronal Feast"...
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    manifestation of the created (parikalpita) colour, shape, and so on, of your tutelary deity who is identical to yourself, breaking them down into atoms. Or it is...
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    their traditions or yo-ya of supplicating the mi hsaing hpa hsaing tutelary deities of their native place. King Anawrahta of Bagan (1044–1077) designated...
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    century BCE, it was an offering from the city of Athens to Athena, its tutelary deity. The naos of the Parthenon on the acropolis of Athens was designed exclusively...
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    iṣṭadevatā or iṣṭadevaḥ is defined by V. S. Apte as "a favorite god, one's tutelary deity." Though this term is used in many popular books on Buddhist Tantra...
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    Kobold (category Tutelary deities)
    Schrader also observed that "cult of the hearth-fire" developed into "tutelary house deities, localized in the home", and the German kobold and the Greek agathós...
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  • and fictional characters with the name Silvanus (mythology), a Roman tutelary deity or spirit of woods and fields Sylvanus, Michigan, United States, a village...
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    Pomona, goddess of fruit trees, gardens and orchards Silvanus, tutelary spirit or deity of woods and fields and protector of forests Terra, primeval goddess...
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    Genius (mythology) (category Tutelary deities)
    Penates Holy Guardian Angel Jinn Kami Qareen Religion in ancient Rome Tutelary deity Yidam Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (2009). "genius". A Latin Dictionary...
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    Ninhursag (category Tutelary deities)
    "nourished by Ninhursag's milk".[This quote needs a citation] She is the tutelary deity to several Sumerian leaders. Her most well known myths are Enki and...
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    as an avatar of the God Shiva. Khandoba is the Kuladevata (ancestral tutelary deity) of many people of Maharashtra. The Kunbi-Marathas casts', Dhangar tribe...
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