deity
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The name Vasuki indicus honors the mythical serpent associated with the Hindu deity Shiva, as well as the country where the fossil was found.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
He was a diminutive guitar deity who could only have descended in America, but calling him something so plain and mortal as “American” still feels close to sacrilege.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026
Plan Kukulkan, named after the serpent deity of the Mayan civilization, covers the host cities as well as nearby tourist destinations.
From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026
In 2020 he protested the construction of a temple to the Hindu deity Ram in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
In no other way could he show more clearly and mockingly his contempt for riches, the false deity of businessmen.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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