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Isis

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Goddess of fertility - Egyptian goddess - took on other functions - became universal goddess

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Acted as an intermediary between humanity and divine realm

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Oracle

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What did Greek priestesses do

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Kept temples groomed- led prayers- took part in sacrifices

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Cult

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System of religious veneration and devotion to a specific person or object

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Roman dieties

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Jupiter; Juno; Venus; Minerva; Neptune; dianna

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Ishtar

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Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and war

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Religions of antiquity disappeared when and why

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400 CE - Christian sermon deemed antiquity as mother of all evils - reflected western beliefs of one not several gods
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Minor gods

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Staff - do unpleasant tasks for more overfill dieties - agents of calamity and punishmebt

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Plutarch

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Greek - served as magistrate and ambassador to Mediterranean islands - senior priest at Apollo

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Netherworld

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Afterworld; underworld of the dead

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How did groups employ understand the term religion

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Communities sought to ensure support of the gods by adhering to ancestral customs - focus on community not individual

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Anthropomorphism

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Attribution of human characteristics or behaviour to a God animal or object

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Theogoney

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How gods came into being

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Tripartite structure of the cosmos

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The divine - theogony
Organization of the universe - heaven earth
Netherworld

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Omens

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Divine messages understood as warnings

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Serena

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Christian entered temple of manga matis took necklace placed on her own neck - seen as transfer of religious symbols - never heard from again

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Zeus

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Greek supreme god protector and ruler of human life

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Physical representations of gods exemplified

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Human ideals of beauty grace power

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Most enduring omen

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Astrology

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Secondary gods

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Supporting roles act as judges to humans or as counsellor to sovereign god

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Apotropiac

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Having the power to avert evil influences or bad luck

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Osiris

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God originally connected with fertility - influenced understanding of divine judgement in Judaism and Christianity

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Greek dieties

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Zeus; Hera;Aphrodite; Athena; Poseidon

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Oracle

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To speak - relates to gods answers to questions; the places where they were delivered; or people through whom the god spoke

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Necroplis

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Cemetery large belong to an ancient city

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Supreme gods

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Supreme power associated with forces of nature; rulers

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What offices did Sumerian women hold

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High priestly office

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Theology

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Nature of the gods

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Asclepius

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God of heating son of apollo

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Cosmology

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How the world organized

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What contains messages from the gods

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Anything - stars storms smoke water sacrificed animals

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Enigma Elish

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Mesopotamian creation epic

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Pyramid texts

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Utterances carved in walls of royal burial sites

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Types of gods

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Supreme secondary minor

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Identities of zeus

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Olympis the supreme god; stratios leader of armies

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Tiamat

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Female monster - represented primeval chaos and disorder

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Divination

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Interpreting fubpnction where one read between the lines noticing unusual phenomena; recognize anomalies and finding significance in them

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Stela

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Stone slab with commemorative inscription or design - gravestone

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Predictive omens

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Omens that could be solicited - if the oil sinks in water

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Types of natural phenomena used to read messages from the divine realm

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Observations of natural phenomena; movements of stars; unusual births; thunder; cloudless day

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Antiquity in west refers to the time period of

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Late 4th millennium bce to middle of first millennium ce

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General trends when comparing religions of antiquity

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No founding figure
Many dieties
Fewer canonical texts
Common ethical imperatives

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Religions of antiquity placed a great deal of emphasis on

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Rituals

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These were common in rituals re antiquity

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Sacrifices

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The primary mechanism of communication with the divine realm in antiquity

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Ritual

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Earliest gods linked to

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Nature 
Sun
Moon
Sky
Water
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Great dieties had power to

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Influence human activities

Could dispense justice

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Secondary dieties could

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Act as messengers for the greater gods

Sometimes doing unpleasant tasks

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Many ancient religions had concept of divine light. This demonstrates what

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The potential positive and negative power of the gods because light can be brilliant and blinding

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Examples of female dieties

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Isis - Egypt - possesses great power

Demeter - Greek - fertility of the earth and associated with agriculture and motherhood

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A person could demonstrate piety by

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Clothing feeding dieties
Giving dieties gifts
Obeying their wishes
All done thru ritual

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Sacrifice was one of the most important aspects of ritual practice in the

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Ancient near east

Mediterranean

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Sacrifice ritual can be understood as

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A transformative act where a regular object into a sacred object that is offered as a gift to the divine

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Sacrificial objects included

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Food
Beverages
Animal ( rules were attached to this)

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Vestal virgins Rome ensured

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Sacred fire never went out
Guarded Roman storehouse
Prepared sacred objects for public sacrifice

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Common themes of legal or ethical codes

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Responsibility
Compassion
Justice

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