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Maya Devi Temple & the Holy Pond
Image by Wes Olson

Maya Devi Temple & the Holy Pond

Image of the Maya Devi Temple and Holy Pond in Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha. The area of the temple covers the exact spot where Siddhartha Gautama was born, which is indicated by the marker stone. The Holy Pond is where, according...
Banner of the Holy Wounds
Image by Thomas Gun/Diego Sanguinetti

Banner of the Holy Wounds

The 'Banner of the Holy Wounds' which was used by protesters during the Pilgrimage of Grace uprising of October 1536 CE against the reforms of the Catholic Church made by Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE).
Illustration of Lothar I, Holy Roman Emperor
Image by G.W. Hutin

Illustration of Lothar I, Holy Roman Emperor

Illustration of an enthroned Lothar I, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 840-855), King of Middle Francia (Lotharingia) and Italy (r. 843-855). Copied by G.W. Hutin, 1821, from a 9th-century manuscript of the Gospels. The British Museum, London.
Illustration of Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor
Image by G.W. Hutin

Illustration of Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor

Illustration of an enthroned Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 875-877 CE), King of West Francia (r. 843–877) and Italy (r. 875–877). Copied by G.W. Hutin, 1821, from a 9th-century manuscript of the Gospels. The British Museum, London...
Equestrian Portrait of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Image by Titian

Equestrian Portrait of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Equestrian portrait of Charles I of Spain aka Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor by Titian depicting Charles V at the Battle of Mühlberg in April 1547 where he defeated the Protestant forces of the Schmalkaldic League, 1548. Museo del Prado...
Boniface cuts down holy oak of 'Jupiter' or Donar
Image by Reinier Vinkeles, Christian Bernhard Rode

Boniface cuts down holy oak of 'Jupiter' or Donar

Boniface cuts down holy oak of 'Jupiter' or Donar.
Holy Trinity
Image by Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P.

Holy Trinity

Stained glass from St Etheldreda's church in Ely Place, London.
Lugalbanda and the Anzud Bird
Article by Joshua J. Mark

Lugalbanda and the Anzud Bird

Lugalbanda and the Anzud Bird is a Sumerian myth dated to the Ur III Period (2047-1750 BCE) featuring the hero-king of Uruk, Lugalbanda, father of Gilgamesh, in his younger years as an honorable officer in the army. Lugalbanda's purity of...
Guinevere
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Guinevere

Guinevere is the Queen of Britain, wife of King Arthur, and lover of Sir Lancelot in the Arthurian Legends best known in their standardized form from Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur (1469 CE). She first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's...
Ark of the Covenant
Definition by Rebecca Denova

Ark of the Covenant

The Ark of the Covenant refers to the box-like container that held the tablets of the Law received by Moses on Mount Sinai. Tradition claimed that it contained two stone tablets, carved by God, listing the first ten commandments given to...
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