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By Martini Fisher Posted on 14 Aug 202013 Apr 2022

The Fallen God and the Power of Humility

Semar is probably one of the oldest characters in Indonesian mythology who was not derived from Hindu mythology. He was made famous by performances of Wayang (Shadow Puppets) in the … Continue reading The Fallen God and the Power of Humility

Categories: mythologyTags: humility, indonesian mythology, mythology, punakawan, wayang

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Granite statue depicting Ptolemy II in the traditional canon of ancient Egyptian art. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. c. 280 BC.

Cycles of nature were at the core of the ancient practice of divination to decipher the will of the gods. Many different methods of divination were practiced in antiquity, such as dream interpretations (oneiromancy), interpreting the entrails of slaughtered animals (haruspicy), and augury (ornithomancy) which interprets the movements and activities of birds. Augury in particular became famously influential in the Roman empire.

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