Beliefs Collection

Papyrus of Ani (Book of the Dead) - The Judgement
(Above) -Twelve Gods seated in Order, as judges before a table of offerings. (Below) - The Psychostasia of Weighing of the Conscience of Ani

Bust of goddess Tanit. Carthaginian art. Sculpture. SPAIN. BALEARES. IBIZA. Ibiza. Museum of Archaeology of Ibiza and Formentera

Komuso Buddhist monks, Japan. They wear a straw basket (tengai) over their head and play a bamboo flute (shakuhachi). Date: circa 1890s

Book of the Deads. 651 -525 BC. Papyrus. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. TURKEY. Istanbul. Archaeological Museum

Ulster 1914 - Patriotic Postcard
Patriotic Postcard from Ulster, 1914 depicting an Ulsterwoman with a gun, standing up for the British flag and her views as a Loyalist Unionist

Worshipping the God of Smallpox, India
Under the Hindu faith, if you want protection against getting smallpox, pray to Shitala, the Goddess of Smallpox

John Of God, Saint (1495-1550). Portuguese religious man, founder of the ador de la Order of Charity or of Hospitallers (Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God)

Two Young Jewish girls play cards - Christmas Eve - Russia
Two Young Russian Jewish girls spend christmas Eve (Epiphany Evening) playing cards. With Torah study off the table for the evening, a number of traditions developed as to how to spend ones night

A Parsi woman at a fire altar
A Parsi (Zoroastrian) Indian woman at a fire altar, worshipping Zoroaster Date: 1906

Druids (ancient Priests) collect mistletoe
The Druids were highly respected by the Britons because of their wisdom and used to collect mistletoe to give to people on feast days

Poster advertising the Tomb of Nefertiti, Luxor, Egypt Date: circa 1950s

Ancient Jewish scrolls in Jerusalem, thought to be the oldest Pentateuch manuscript

MUHAMMAD (570-632). Prophet and founder of Islam. Muhammad in ecstasy. Islamic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Loyola, Saint Ignacius of (1491-1556). Spanish religious man, founder of the Society of Jesus. Painting

Zulu warrior and his five wives
A Zulu warrior and his five wives - South Africa Date: circa 1905

Miss Modern magazine fortune teller
Front cover of Miss Modern magazine for November 1931, featuring a young gipsy fortune teller with a crystal ball (and the free gipsy ring, found FREE inside the magazine!). Date: 1931

A pagan belief, that holly was a symbol of fertility and eternal life, this took place on the Twelfth Night, burning holly tree branch was carried through the village, followed by a brass band

Mayan Monolith - Quirigua - Sky Xul in Jaws of a Monster
Guatemala - Mayan Monolith - Quirigua - 8th century AD. Quirigua is an ancient Maya archaeological site in the department of Izabal in south-eastern Guatemala

God Hanuman. Hindu art

The Great Aztec Temple at Tenochtitlan. Dedicated to the god of war. Built in a large square, with an ashlar wall, carved on the outside with different loops of chained snakes. Engraving

Procession of Saint Anthony in Madrid, 1893, by Carpio
Manuel Fernandez Carpio (1853-1929). Spanish painter. Procession of Saint Anthony in Madrid, 1893. History Museum. Madrid. Spain. (On loan, Prado National Museum, Madrid)

Human sacrifices in the Country of the Bakutis
History of Africa. 19th century. The Congo. Human sacrifices in the country of the Bakutis, near the Equator station. Chromolithography

Royal Tomb in Cabinda
History of Africa. 19th century. Royal Tomb in Cabinda. At the death of a member of the royal family or of a distinguished family

Turkey. Constantinople. Galata Tower
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Galata Tower or Tower of Christ. It was buit in 1348 during an expansion of the Genoese colony in Constantinople

Turkey. Constantinople. Turkish cemetery
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Turkish cemetery. Engraving by Lemaitre, L. Thienon. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840

Funerary urn with depiction of the solar god Kinich Ahau and the image of the deceased on the cover. Painted ceramic. Maya culture. Late Classic Period (600-900 AD). Mesoamerica. Maya area

Wooden anthropomorphic figure. Chimu culture
Wooden anthropomorphic figure. There were idols and depictions of ancestors In the temples and shrines. Chimu culture. Late Intermediate Horizon (1000-1470 AD). Peru. Museum of the Americas

Spain, Catalonia, Ullastret. Iberian settlement
Spain, Catalonia, Girona province, Ullastret. Iberian settlement of Puig de Sant Andreu. Acropolis. Ruins of a temple, dated to the 4th century BC. Date: 2014

Cycladic relief. Pithos. Depiction of Potnia Theron, the Mistress of the Animals. Goddess of nature, crowned with flowers and shotts, flanked by two rampant lionesses and two submissive women

Senufo mask (Burkina Fasso). It combines features of animals and humans. Senufo masks have the power to help communication between the living and their dead ancestors. African art. Decorative Arts

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Basque Country (1936). Military mass of gudaris

SPAIN. Toledo. Spainish Civil War(1936-1939). Toledo. Wooden Christ from the Convent of the Concepcion mutilated with an ax

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Military mass in the nationalist area (1936)

Cape Reinga lighthouse, North Island, New Zealand
View of the lighthouse at Cape Reinga, at the far northern end of the North Island, New Zealand. The lighthouse was built in 1941

Mythical Sea Serpent
A huge sea serpent attacking a ship

Offerings at a Japanese Shrine, Nagasaki, Japan Date: circa 1929

Poster advertising the Solar Boats, Egypt, United Arab Republic. Date: circa 1950s

Foundation stone of Londons first mosque laid, Southfields
The foundation stones of Londons first mosque at Southfields by His Holiness the Khalifatul Masih II, His Holiness and other Indians are seen praying in front of the stone

The Midwinter Festival in Roman London at the time of the Emperor Nero as imagined by the artist, Fortunino Matania. Citizens carry offerings to the temple while a small boy stands

Aldgate pump located at the junction where Aldgate meets Fenchurch Street and Leadenhall Street. People thought that the water had medicinal purposes and collected bottles on Sundays

Angel
Glory to God in the highest and on Earth PEACE, Good will towards men. Winged angel in a pre-raphaelite style

Vanuatu - Pacific Islands - Santo Ancestor Worship
Date: circa 1910s

Easter Sunday at Toulon, France 1858
Easter Sunday at Toulon in France, washing the feet of the poor. Date: 1858

Palm Sunday at Toulon, France 1858
Easter week been celebrated in France, children, accompanied by their parents, to carry with them to high mass the presents they have received from their friends in memory of the time

Knelt in the old parish church 1881
Woman alone wearing black, maybe for mourning a loved one, knelt in her local church praying. Date: 1881

DO YOU LIKE BUTTER ?
It is popularly believed that you can tell if someone likes butter by holding a buttercup beneath their chin : if they do, the buttercup will reflect yellow : due to shiny skin ? Date: circa 1900

Ancient altar
Burnt offering to the Gods, unusually a sheep or oxen. Date: Ancient

Bathing in the Ganges by Fortunino Matania
With our special artist in India: a wonderful sight in the metropolis of Hinduism. Thousands of pilgrims, fakirs and other worshippers bathing in the holy waters of the Ganges, Benares, India

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