The Divine Twins are youthful horsemen, either gods or demigods, who serve as rescuers and healers in Proto-Indo-European mythology. Like other Proto-Indo-European...
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Twins in mythology are in many cultures around the world. In some cultures they are seen as ominous, and in others they are seen as auspicious. Twins...
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Castor and Pollux (redirect from Heavenly Twins)
an egg, along with their twin sisters Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra. In Latin, the twins are also known as the Gemini ("twins") or Castores, as well as...
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Artimpasa (section The goddess and the divine twins)
pre-Zoroastrian Anāhitā and the Nanghaithya twins, ultimately derived from the Indo-European theme of the divine twins as the companions of the Mother Goddess...
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Twin Flames Universe (TFU) is an American cult run by Jeff and Shaleia Divine. The group's practices, based on elements of New Age spiritualism regarding...
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the Twins have also been identified in the art of the Classic Mayas (200–900 AD). The twins are often portrayed as complementary forces. The Twin motif...
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Proto-Indo-European mythology (section Divine Twins)
earth mother; his daughter *H₂éwsōs, the dawn goddess; his sons the Divine Twins; and *Seh₂ul and *Meh₁not, a solar deity and moon deity, respectively...
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Guede lwa have their own versions of the Twins, which appear as gravediggers. Twins are seen as having divine insight and vision. They are also part of...
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List of creation myths (section Divine twins)
A creation myth (or creation story) is a cultural, religious or traditional myth which describes the earliest beginnings of the present world. Creation...
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Romulus and Remus (category Divine twins)
Roman twins usually follow certain symbolic traditions, depending on the legend they follow: they either show a shepherd, the she-wolf, the twins under...
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Nepali calendar Ashvins , divine twins in Vedic mythology (or Ashveens) Asvins (film), a 2023 Indian film Ašvieniai, divine twins in Lithuanian mythology...
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Ashvins (redirect from Ashwini twins)
are Hindu twin gods associated with medicine, health, dawn, and the sciences. In the Rigveda, they are described as youthful divine twin horsemen, travelling...
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an Indian given name. It is related to the name of the Ashvins, the divine twins of Vedic mythology, as well as to the name of the Hindu lunar month Ashvin...
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Scythian religion (section The Divine Twins)
the Divine twins, which appears across several Indo-European religions in the form of the Ancient Greek Dioskouroi, the Vedic Aśvins and the twins from...
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Gemini (astrology) (category Divine twins)
(/ˈdʒɛmɪnaɪ/ JEM-in-eye Greek: Δίδυμοι, romanized: Dídymoi, Latin for "twins") is the third astrological sign in the zodiac. Under the tropical zodiac...
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crossed, on top of cottage house roofs. Ashvins, Vedic twin deities of medicine Divine twins, A number of Indo-European mythical brother deities, associated...
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, Zawiasa D. (2004). "Palici – the Sicilian Twin Brothers and the Indo- European Myth about Divine Twins". In: Živa Antika [Antiquité Vivante] 54(1–2)...
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Marassa Jumeaux (category Divine twins)
Marassa Jumeaux are the divine twins in Vodou. They are children, but more ancient than any other loa. "Love, truth and justice. Directed by reason. Mysteries...
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Izanagi (category Divine twins)
Izanagi (イザナギ/伊邪那岐/伊弉諾) or Izanaki (イザナキ), formally referred to with a divine honorific as Izanagi-no-Mikoto (伊邪那岐命/伊弉諾尊, meaning "He-who-invites" or the...
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Ašvieniai (category Divine twins)
Ašvieniai are divine twins in the Lithuanian mythology, identical to Latvian Dieva dēli and the Baltic counterparts of Vedic Ashvins. Both names derive...
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Artemis (category Divine twins)
tradition, Artemis is the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and twin sister of Apollo. In most accounts, the twins are the products of an extramarital liaison. For this...
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Apollo (category Divine twins)
unable to feed him, Themis, the goddess of divine law, fed him nectar and ambrosia. Upon tasting the divine food, the child broke free of the bands fastened...
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Iphicles (category Divine twins)
In Greek mythology, Iphicles (/ˈɪfɪˌkliːz/ or /ˈaɪfɪˌkliːz/; Ancient Greek: Ἰφικλῆς Iphiklēs), also called Iphiclus, was the maternal half-brother of Heracles...
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mentions a divine pair of twins called the Alcis worshipped by the Naharvali, whom he compares to the Roman twin horsemen Castor and Pollux. These twins can...
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Helen of Troy (category Divine twins)
Indo-European "marriage drama" of the sun goddess, and she is related to the divine twins, just as many of these goddesses are. Martin L. West has thus proposed...
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theory that the tribal name Vandal reflects worship of Aurvandil or the Divine Twins, possibly involving an origin myth that the Vandalic kings were descended...
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Yamuna in Hinduism (category Divine twins)
Yama's twin sister in the Samhita texts. In the Purushamedha rite in the Shatapatha Brahmana, a mother of twins is sacrificed to Yami, while twins are offered...
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*Dyēus (section "Divine" derivations)
conceived as a divine entity, and thus the dwelling of the gods, the Heaven. As the gateway to the deities and the father of both the Divine Twins and the goddess...
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Izanami (category Divine twins)
'merit'. The first gods Amenominakanushi and Kunitokotachi summoned two divine beings into existence, the male Izanagi and the female Izanami, and charged...
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Dieva Dēli (category Divine twins)
The Dieva Dēli are generally regarded as a reflex of the Indo-European Divine Twins. The Latvian name Dieva Dēli ('Sons of Dievs', the sky-god) is indeed...
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