Wer (Wēr), also known as Mer, Ber and Iluwer was a weather god worshiped in parts of Mesopotamia and ancient Syria. It is presumed that he was originally...
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Look up wer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. WER or Wer may refer to: Wer (god), an Akkadian god Wer (film), a 2013 horror film Were, an archaic term...
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Wadj-wer, also spelled Uatch-ur is an Egyptian god of fertility and the personification of the Mediterranean Sea, whose name means the "great green"....
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wife of Adad and a rain goddess Wer, a weather god worshiped in northern Mesopotamia and in Syria Dielli, the Sun: god of the sky and weather Zojz, Shurdh...
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"Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten" (He who allows dear God to rule him) is a 1641 hymn by Georg Neumark, who also composed the melody for it. It has...
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Ra (redirect from Ra (sun-god))
Egypt. He was the god of the sun, order, kings and the sky. Ra was portrayed as a falcon and shared characteristics with the sky-god Horus. At times, the...
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Berber languages (ISO 639-3: ber), a language family of Northern Africa Wer (god) or Ber, in Mesopotamia and ancient Syria "Ber" months, preceding Christmas...
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Allah (redirect from God (Arabic))
ˈɑːlə, əˈlɑː/; Arabic: ﷲ IPA: [əɫ.ɫɑːh] ) is the Arabic word for God, particularly the God of Abraham. Outside of the Middle East, it is principally associated...
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Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten (Who only lets dear God rule), BWV 93, in Leipzig for the fifth Sunday...
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Gooi en Sticht. "Wie als een god wil leven hier op aarde". liturgievernieuwing.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 April 2023. "Wer leben will wie Gott" (PDF)....
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Baal (redirect from Ba'al (Canaanite god))
decried as a false god. That use was taken over into Christianity and Islam, sometimes under the form Beelzebub in demonology. The Ugaritic god Baal is the protagonist...
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"Wer bist du?" ("Who are you?") is the first full-length album by German Industrial metal band Megaherz. Following the limited edition release of their...
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List of water deities (redirect from Sea god and river god)
god of the Nile river, is depicted as a crocodile or a man with the head of a crocodile. Tefnut, goddess of water, moisture, and fertility. Wadj-wer,...
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streit' für uns der rechte Mann, den Gott hat selbst erkoren. Fragst du, wer der ist? Er heißt Jesus Christ, der Herr Zebaoth, und ist kein andrer Gott...
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(Phoenician: 𐤌𐤕 mūt, Hebrew: מות māweṯ, Arabic: موت mawt) was the Canaanite god of death and the Underworld. He was also known to the people of Ugarit and...
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Osiris (redirect from Osiris (god))
Osiris (/oʊˈsaɪrɪs/, from Egyptian wsjr) was the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient...
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connection was shown in iconography of Nile-gods, such as Hapi, god of the Nile, and Wadj-wer, god of the Nile Delta, who although male were depicted with female...
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Min (Ancient Egyptian: mnw), also called Menas, is an ancient Egyptian god whose cult originated in the predynastic period (4th millennium BCE). He was...
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appeared in the iconography of Nile-gods, such as Hapy, god of the Nile River, and Wadj-wer, god of the Nile Delta, who – although male – were depicted...
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Amun (redirect from Ammon (god))
Amun acquired national importance, expressed in his fusion with the Sun god, Ra, as Amun-Ra (alternatively spelled Amon-Ra or Amun-Re). On his own, he...
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Dagon (redirect from Dagan (god))
𒀭𒁕𒃶, romanized: dda-gan; Phoenician: 𐤃𐤂𐤍, romanized: Dāgān) was a god worshipped in ancient Syria across the middle of the Euphrates, with primary...
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El (deity) (redirect from El (Canaanite god))
known as 'El, 'Al or 'Il include the supreme god of the ancient Canaanite religion and the supreme god of East Semitic speakers in Early Dynastic Period...
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adopted as the Egyptian god of infinity. With his female counterpart Ḥauḥet (or Ḥeḥut), Ḥeḥ represented one of the four god-goddess pairs comprising...
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Thoth (redirect from Thoth (god))
His feminine counterpart was Seshat, and his wife was Ma'at. He was the god of the Moon, wisdom, knowledge, writing, hieroglyphs, science, magic, art...
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Nu (mythology) (redirect from Nun (god))
of creation in the Bible Vishnu – Major deity in Hinduism Wadj-wer – Ancient Egyptian god of fertility Wuji – The primordial in Chinese philosophy Wilkinson...
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Adonis (redirect from Greek god adonis)
Adonis was widely seen as a prime example of the archetypal dying-and-rising god. His name is often applied in modern times to handsome youths, of whom he...
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Hapi (Ancient Egyptian: ḥꜥpj) was the god of the annual flooding of the Nile in ancient Egyptian religion. The flood deposited rich silt (fertile soil)...
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time by the creator Atum. Sometimes also being personified as the creator god, presented as a man or child and in some imagery holding two snakes. Heka...
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