Ra (Re). Egyptian sun god.

Rama. Ideal Hindu god, king. Virtue personified.

Rhea. Greek fertility goddess. Mother of most gods.

Sabellianism. 3C Christian heresy. Trinity is 3 manifestations of one Godhead.

Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic. 1496- Oldest continuous European settlement in western Hemisphere.

Sarapis. Greco-Egyptian god. Originally of underworld, later of sun.

Saturn. Roman god of agriculture and civilization. = Cronus. Saturnalia festival influenced Christmas.

Sebek. Egyptian crocodile god, patron of kings.

Sekhmet. Egyptian war goddess with lion’s head.

Semiramis. Assyrian queen, goddess. Founded Babylon.

Seven Gods of Luck. Japanese. 16C-. Bishamon, Daikoku, Ebisu, Fukurokuju, Hotei, Jurojin, Benten.

Shamanism. Ancestral religion in Asia, N America. Shamans heal sick, talk to gods.

Shamash. Semitic sun god.

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft. 1787-1851. English writer. (Daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, Godwin). Married Percy Shelley. Frankenstein 1818.

Shih Wang. 10 Chinese gods of Hell.

Shou Hsing. Chinese god of longevity.

Sibyl. Mythical Greek prophetess. Interceded with gods for humans.

Sikhism. NW India monotheistic religion. Meditation exercises to realize God. Nanak.

Siloé, Diego de. c1495-1563. Spanish Renaissance sculptor, Plateresque architect. Granada Cathedral.

Siva. 4 armed 3 eyed Hindu god of destruction and restoration.

Skanda. Hindu war god.

Sol. Ancient Italian sun god.

Spinoza, Baruch. 1632-77. Dutch Rationalist philosopher. Criticized scriptures. Excommunicated by Jews. God and nature are one. Determinist. Pantheist. God and Nature 1659. Ethics 1665.

St Médard Convulsionnaires. Believers in miraculous cures at St. Médard cemetery forbidden by Louis XV in 1732: “By Order of the King, Let God No Miracle Perform in this Place!”

Sufism. 8/9C Persian Moslem movement. Soul’s personal union with God. =Islamic mysticism.

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