| It seems to me that this presents a very wimpy view of what is supposed to be an omnipotent, all-powerful deity. |
| But then, the further I go in this direction, the more it comes to resemble deity worship and my existing practices. |
| According to Malek, the cat was regarded strictly as a manifestation of a deity, not a deity itself. |
| A mantra is the name of a sacred deity or a sacred phrase that you repeat silently or aloud. |
| This account is also interesting because it too contains the concept of a law-giving deity. |
| Every city-state had temples to its patron deity and shrines and altars to many others. |
