a being having superhuman powers and control over a particular part of life or the world
a modest temple built for one of the minor divinities in ancient Greek mythology
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Recent Examples of divinitiesThe Marby grave brings together cremation, a stone monument, and this ritualistic deposit of bronze objects, which is synonymous with the end of this era when the treatment and use of bronze objects changed—often left in hoards on land or in water, sometimes as offerings to gods or divinities.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026 The pawangs—who came from a variety of Malay, Tamil, or Arab Muslim backgrounds—also understood themselves as negotiating for safe passage with non-Muslim divinities, including the Hindu deities Shiva, Indra, Krishna, and Vishnu.—
H.m.a. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Apr. 2026 As part of the ritual that marks each sabbat, the earth and the divinities are venerated.—
Helen A. Berger,
The Conversation,
17 June 2022
While many Hindus worship Rama, Sita and Hanuman as deities, Hindu nationalists have also presented Rama as a historical figure – the legendary ruler of the ancient kingdom of Ayodhya.
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Sohini Sarah Pillai,
The Conversation,
14 Oct. 2026
In Himachal Pradesh, Kullu Dussehra features processions of local deities rather than the burning of Ravana effigies.
During the reign of the Inca Empire, which spanned a large territory in western South America from the 13th to the 16th centuries, children and young women were regularly sacrificed to important gods in a ceremony known as capacocha.
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Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
3 Nov. 2026
The war between the Greek gods and the Titans is looming in the first full-length trailer for Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 3.