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Quetzalcoatl

Religion; General religion

A mesoamerican deity that takes the form of either a human or a large serpent. The name translated from Nahuatl means "feathered serpent". It is said that it presides over the west and has also been ...

Moral Rearmament

Religion; General religion

An organization founded in 1938 by Frank Nathan Daniel Buchman (1878 - 1961). It was preceded by "A First Century Christian Fellowship" at the time of World War I, and "The Oxford Group" in 1929. The ...

Santeria

Religion; General religion

A syncretic religion of West African and Caribbean countries originating in Cuba. It's also known as Regla de Ocha and La Regla Lucumi. Its official language is a dialect of Yoruba.

Xibalba

Religion; General religion

The name of the Mayan underworld, the name meaning place of fear. This place is well documented in Mayan legends. It is presided over by ten gods, although the first and the seventh are generally ...

Yazidi

Religion; General religion

The Yazidis are a religious community ethno syncretic religion Kurdish but old Yazidism, a sort of Yazdânism, Zoroastrianism and ancient Mesopotamian religions relates.They live mainly in the ...

Saturnalia

Religion; General religion

A pagan festival held to honor the Roman god Saturn, believed to strongly be the basis of the modern day christmas celebrations. The official date for the celebrations was December 17th, but would ...

Atheism

Religion; General religion

Atheists are people who believe that god or gods are man-made constructs.

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