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![Orisha](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14694.jpg?v=1723151823)
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Orisha
Orisha (also given as Orisa and Orishas) are supernatural entities usually referred to as deities in the Yoruba religion of West Africa, though they are actually emanations or avatars of the supreme being Olodumare. Their number is usually...
![Oshun](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14675.jpg?v=1717345323)
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Oshun
Oshun (pronounced O-shan, also given as Osun) is a supernatural entity recognized as both a spirit and a goddess in the Yoruba religion of West Africa. She presides over fertility, love, and freshwater, is the patroness of the Osun River...
![Ife](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10301.jpg?v=1643362203)
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Ife
Ife (aka Ile-Ife) was an ancient African city which flourished between the 11th and 15th century CE in what is today Nigeria in West Africa. Ife was the capital and principal religious centre of the Yoruba kingdom of Ife, which prospered...
![Religion in the Ancient World](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/2235.jpg?v=1718367123)
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Religion in the Ancient World
Religion (from the Latin Religio, meaning 'restraint,' or Relegere, according to Cicero, meaning 'to repeat, to read again,' or, most likely, Religionem, 'to show respect for what is sacred') is an organized system of beliefs and practices...
![Ancient Persian Religion](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7985.jpg?v=1723047972)
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Ancient Persian Religion
Ancient Persian religion was a polytheistic faith which corresponds roughly to what is known today as ancient Persian mythology. It first developed in the region known as Greater Iran (the Caucasus, Central Asia, South Asia, and West Asia...
![Roman Religion](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/1237.jpg?v=1722419283)
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Roman Religion
In many societies, ancient and modern, religion has performed a major role in their development, and the Roman Empire was no different. From the beginning Roman religion was polytheistic. From an initial array of gods and spirits, Rome added...
![Ancient Celtic Religion](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10812.jpg?v=1679102402)
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Ancient Celtic Religion
The polytheistic religion of the ancient Celts in Iron Age Europe remains obscure for lack of written records, but archaeology and accounts by classical authors help us to piece together a number of the key gods, sacred sites, and cult practices...
![Carthaginian Religion](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5286.jpg?v=1721906043)
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Carthaginian Religion
Carthage was founded by the Phoenician city of Tyre in the 9th century BCE, and along with many other cultural practices, the city adopted aspects of the religion of its founding fathers. Polytheistic in nature, such important Phoenician...
![Etruscan Religion](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/6301.jpg?v=1618734616)
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Etruscan Religion
The religion of the Etruscans, the civilization which flourished from the 8th to 3rd century BCE in central Italy, has, like many other features of the culture, long been overshadowed by that of its Greek contemporaries and Roman conquerors...
![Ancient Greek Religion](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13802.jpg?v=1713838503)
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Ancient Greek Religion
In the ancient Greek world, religion was personal, direct, and present in all areas of life. With formal rituals which included animal sacrifices and libations, myths to explain the origins of mankind and give the gods a human face, temples...