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	Household Gods by John Armstrong
		But the Household Gods are a cultural reminder of the real centrality of these things: the myth provides a way of appreciating these things.
		It's an important point that the intimate household gods were not exactly the same as the gods of the Forum-the gods, as it were, of public life.
		The household gods are not the public gods; we are allowed to care for things at home; they don't have to be answerable to the public good-that is a task for other places and other times.
	www.craftculture.org /Archive/jarmstrong1.htm (1072 words)

	Household deity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Household deities were usually worshipped not in temples but in the home, where they would be represented by small idols (the teraphim of the Bible), amulets, paintings or reliefs.
		The more prosperous houses might have a small shrine to the household god(s); the lararium served this purpose in the case of the Romans.
		The gods would be treated as members of the family and invited to join in meals, or be given offerings of food and drink.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Household_deity (256 words)

	Household Gods - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Household Gods is a science fiction/time-travel novel written by Harry Turtledove and Judith Tarr.
		The story focuses on a young 20th century woman who is dissatisfied with her hectic life, which includes balancing her career as a lawyer with being a mother and dealing with her deadbeat ex-husband and sexist coworkers.
		The next morning, she finds herself waking up in the body of one of her ancient ancestors in 2nd century Carnuntum in what is now Austria.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Household_Gods (302 words)

	Greek Mythology: OLYMPIAN GODS (Site not responding. Last check: )
		THEOI MANTIKOI The gods of oracles, divination and prophecy were led by Apollon, god of the great oracle at Delphoi and the patron-god of seers, and Zeus, god of the oracle of Dodona and the god of fate.
		THEOI NOMIOI The gods of country pursuits, such as hunting, fowling and fishing, the herding of cattle and sheep, and horticulture, were led by the Olympians gods Artemis, Hermes and Dionysos.
		GANYMEDES The cupbearer of Zeus and the gods.
	www.theoi.com /Cat_Olympioi.html (2218 words)

	NOVA ROMA ::: RELIGIO ROMANA ::: The Lararium (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Here are millions upon millions of landless men with wives and children combining to secure the title of a few landlords to their land; these landlords doing nothing with or for the land but to take from it rents and profits.
		It was their duty to inspire the cook with skill to make delicate dishes for the family able, to watch the meat before the fire, to scare the rats from the cupboard.
		Such a god can understand the tribulations of the cook and the annoyances of the mistress; he knows by experience that fire burns and ginger is hot in the mouth.
	www.novaroma.org /religio_romana/Lararium1.html (1075 words)

	Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
		Household gods were often worshiped at shrines located in peoples living quarters.
		None the less these gods were of key importance to the general population, in that the state and national gods often seemed distant.
		For example, the crocodile god was worshiped mostly in the Fayoum and at Kom Ombo.
	www.historylink101.net /egypt_1/gods_introduction.htm (474 words)

	The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries (iv.x)
		Their method aimed, in the first place, at rousing the moral sense against these so-called “gods” by branding their abominable vices; in the second place, it sought to exhibit the folly and absurdity of what was taught or told about the gods; and, thirdly, it aimed at exposing the origin of the latter.
		Knowledge of the pagan gods has to be diffused; their names, genealogy and myths have to be 306imparted; their festivals and holy days have to be observed, “since it is by means of them that the teacher’s fees are reckoned.” The first payment of any new scholar is devoted by the teacher to Minerva.
		The emperor was god, because he was emperor; he was not the viceroy of the universe because the god in him possessed the strength and the authority of lordship.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/harnack/mission.iv.x.html?bcb=0 (7578 words)

	The 2002 Norton Scholar's Prize Winner (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The gods were stolen with little obvious prospect of gain and at great risk-a risk implied by the lengths to which Rachel went to hide them, and by Jacob's acknowledgment of the gravity of such a theft: "Any one with whom you find your gods shall not live," he assures Laban (31:32).
		They probably persisted in the households of the Israelites long after the Babylonian Exile, and were used for soothsaying and the consultation of oracles in the domestic sphere: "what may be described as 'family devotion' or 'domestic piety,'" according to one cuneiformist (van der Toorn 208).
		Finally and most importantly, the gods are Laban's possessions, and they are probably deities representing the worship of ancestors; they thus run exactly counter to all of Jacob's efforts to differentiate his things and his family from Laban's.
	www.wwnorton.com /college/English/scholar/02essay.htm (3101 words)

	Gods - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
		(2) The gods of Laban and his family (Genesis 31:30,32; 35:2,4) were household gods or teraphim, and were stolen by Rachel and carried off in her flight with Jacob.
		Perhaps it would be better rendered "god." Saul's and his son's armor was put into the house of their gods (1 Chronicles 10:10).
		Ben-hadad was accustomed to worship in the house of the god Rimmon (2 Kings 5:18).
	www.searchgodsword.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T3860 (2204 words)

	Household Gods - Hazard Online
		This book is a colourful, lighthearted and witty look at the ways in which cats, whether rescued moggies or pedigree Burmese, dominate the homes and rule the lives of twenty-one well-known New Zealanders who feed and love them.
		In the pages of Household Gods, media personalities, actors, writers, artists, business people, politicians, teachers and wizards join with us to celebrate their feline friends, revealing as much about themselves as the cats that share their lives.
		Household Gods is illustrated with photography by Annelies van der Poel
	www.hazard.co.nz /householdgods.html (201 words)

	SITTING ON YOUR HOUSEHOLD GODS © - ChurchGuides.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I have the power to harm you; but last night the God of your father said to me, `Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.' Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father's house.
		I suppose there is nothing as soothing as the knowledge that your household gods are small enough to be slipped into your camel's saddle so you can sit upon them and hide them from someone who wants them.
		Only the living God of the Bible, the God who created, i.e., the personal God who intervened in the pages of man's history is the God who asks to become your one and only God.
	www.churchguides.com /articles.asp?articleid=4125 (1286 words)

	God Is... chapter 3
		God stressed in the first of his Ten Commandments that he alone was to be worshiped: "You shall have no other gods before me" (Exodus 20:3).
		Baal, the storm god, was worshiped in fertility rites.
		God revealed himself not merely as the greatest of all gods, but as the only true God: "I am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God" (Isaiah 45:5).
	www.wcg.org /lit/god/godis3.htm (1712 words)

	Meditation 318 - Where did they all come from? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Other than that, the impression is that household gods are commonplace in this world where everyone is descended from Adam, and everyone is also descended by about a dozen generations from Noah who had even more recent direct experience of the one true god.
		So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.
		Some still retain tribal religions in which the gods and creation story apply only to the tribe; it is recognized that other tribes should have their own gods and own creation story.
	www.apatheticagnostic.com /articles/meds/med16/med318.html (1131 words)

	Religion
		They had household gods such as Lar which was god of the house, They had a god called Janus which was for the doorway.
		Vulcan was the god of fire which to any civilization is very important as it is the means to cook meat and especially to heat yourself so he must have been a very important god for the Romans too.
		Ops was the roman god of the wealth and of the harvest.
	www.main-vision.com /richard/religion.html (609 words)

	Jordan: Gods, Ghosts & Ancestors, Chapter 6
		Household josses stand in state near the center of the family altar, often upon a small dais formed of sheets of spirit-money, and are objects of great reverence.
		Because it was the birthday of the god, the ranks of worshipping families were swelled by additional village families, and the baskets were laid out in four columns between the outdoor altars and the front of the courtyard, and represented a total of forty-two visiting households.
		Usually a punch-and-judy show is provided for the pleasure of household gods in the afternoon and early evening, and neighbors are invited to bring food for late-afternoon sacrifices to the Good Brethren, that is, to the hungry ghosts in the vicinity, by way of propitiation.
	weber.ucsd.edu /~dkjordan/scriptorium/gga/ggach06.html (10396 words)

	"gods" from eBible.com Bookmarks: Browse the Bible by topic and see your friends notes on the Bible
		believers christ_chief church fellowcitizens_with_the_saints_and_ gods household of_the_household_of_god privileges
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	www.ebible.com /bookmarks/all/gods (352 words)

	The Penantes: Blessings of the Household Gods \| LifePath
		The household gods that Aeneas had wrapped up in his toga as he was escaping the fires of Troy were the Penantes, the 'little gods' of home and hearth.
		Their name comes from the Latin words for 'cupboard' and 'food.' For the ancients, the Penantes were important custodians of the health, order, and prosperity of one's household: their small statues were honored on home altars, adorned with flowers and candles.
		Aeneas could refer to himself as 'pius' because he was living up to his spiritual responsibility by taking the Penantes of his household to his new place, wherever that would be.
	www.lifepathretreats.com /news_articles_penantes.asp (697 words)

	Virgil Study Guide
		Aeneas relates the final battle, and his furious fighting until his mother Venus revealed to him that the gods themselves were destroying Troy and instructed him to leave Troy with his father (Anchises), son (Ascanius) and the household gods of his family and of Troy.
		The household gods appear to Aeneas to tell him that Italy is their true ancient mother.
		She and Antony are part of the center of the shield of Aeneas, with their barbarian troops and barbaric gods, opposing the true leaders of Rome and the household gods brought to Italy by Aeneas.
	novaonline.nv.cc.va.us /eli/eng251/virgilstudy.html (3624 words)

	Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
		Choose a god or goddess from the left frame and read the text that appears in the right frame.
		Images of household gods were often displayed on altars in Egyptian homes.
		Egyptians were devoted to their gods and to their pharaohs who were gods on earth, as demonstrated by their willingness to build the pyramids for the safe passage of their leaders into the afterlife.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/egypt_gods.htm (496 words)

	Introduction to Private Roman Worship - ADF Neopagan Druidism
		The women of the household were responsible for keeping it burning (or banked) and tended on a daily basis.
		Romans felt that in dealing with the gods, it was best to err on the side of caution, and could be considered rather obsessive about their prayers by our standards.
		One need not speak Latin to address the Roman gods and goddesses; however, one might consider Latin to be their native language and therefore they might be more liable to pay attention and be flattered by efforts to please them.
	www.adf.org /rituals/roman/private-worship-intro.html (1849 words)

	SciFan: Books: Household Gods by Harry Turtledove (from our database of Fantasy & SF novels, anthologies, collections) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Household Gods, Tarr and Turtledove make their time traveler a 1990s Los Angeles lawyer with no special technical or historical knowledge.
		Staring at a votive plaque of Liber and Libera, Roman household gods, Nicole falls asleep wishing she lived in the past, surely a better and easier time.
		Household Gods should be on the shelf next to L. Sprague de Camp's Lest Darkness Fall and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR mysteries.
	www.scifan.com /titles/title.asp?TI_titleid=4558 (361 words)

	TVM Entry Floor: Roman Olympian and Mystery Religion
		Most of the Roman gods and goddesses were assimilated from other cultures, many came from the Greek colonies of southern Italy.
		The Pater Familias was the household priest, assisted by his wife and children; he was usually the father.
		In household shrines, there were two figures; a bearded man representing the Genius of the father, and a woman representing the Juno of the mother.
	www.tigtail.org /TIG/S_View/TVM/E/Ancient/Roman/roman_gods.html (750 words)

	Teraphim, Household Idols - Hebrew Terms - World Religions - Liberal Arts & Crafts network
		Just as "Elohim" denotes "gods" and "God," the form "teraphim" is applicable to each single object as well as to the entire class (comp.
		Although nothing whatever is kjnown about the origin of the teraphim cult, it may have been a survival of primitive ancestor worship; i.e.,, the images may have originally represented the deified ancestors of the family which revered them,and may have become later a sort of Manes oracle.
		The cult could not have been regarded as indigenous among the Israelites, because the deities are characterized as "gods of the stranger" (A. "strange gods") in Gen. 35:4.
	www.liberalartsandcrafts.net /contentcatalog/religion/terminology/hebrew/teraphim.shtml (1290 words)

	A Catholic defense of Idolatry in Israel - the Book of Hosea on Idolatry and Teraphim.
		He seems to have learned later that these and other gods were in the possession of his wives, hence demanded their surrender and buried them (ch 35:2—4).
		These strange gods probably included the teraphim Rachel had stolen from her father (Gen. 31:19), the images of his servants, and others which may have come into the possession of his sons with the spoils of Shechem.
		Household idols: images regarded as the tutelary deities of the household; cf Gn 31:19; Jgs 17:5; 18:14; 17f.
	www.aloha.net /~mikesch/hosea.htm (6546 words)

	Brian Easton » HOUSEHOLD GODS: Whatever Politicians Say, Children Interests Are Ignored (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HOUSEHOLD GODS: Whatever Politicians Say, Children Interests Are Ignored
		Unfortunately none seemed to know much about household economics, since when they turned down the proposal they cited the mistaken objections of the sixth referee.
		I was surprised too, that not one of the panel appeared to know the difference between the Census and the Survey.
	www.eastonbh.ac.nz /article428.html (860 words)

	Dievini
		Dievini (diminutive plural from dievs) is a collective name for the group of minor gods of the Latvian pantheon.
		Although being less described in the classical folklore, these could be the deities honored more in day-to-day life as the actual rulers of the household fortune and therefore of more influence.
		Eliade suggests that such deities could be the ones honored more usually than the higher gods, who were invoked only in case of greater necessity or some emergency.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/d/dievini.html (112 words)

	0103 - NO OTHER GODS
		There are those who worship and serve ancestral family gods, and there are those who worship the family as a god.
		Just because some state that they believe in God, and use all the ‘right religious’ words does NOT mean they are true prophets of the True God.
		God, who in the past spoke in different ways through different messengers, has finally ‘said it all’ through Jesus (Hebrews 1:1-4).
	www.ccgm.org.au /Articles/ARTICLE-0103.htm (618 words)

	Household Gods by Tor Books
		It was especially annoying, however, in HOUSEHOLD GODS because the era into which Nicole happens to be thrust is the reign of the philosophically minded emperor Marcus Aurelius, who saw to it that Christians were savagely persecuted and exterminated whenever possible.
		Following a ghastly day of dealing with all three, she falls into bed, and awakens the next morning to find herself in a different life, that of a widowed tavernkeeper in the Roman frontier town of Carnuntum around a.d.
		In the great tradition of classics like Mark Twains A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court, Household Gods is more than a time-travel adventure: It is a tale of a womans strength and self-discovery, and of the real differences, and similarities, between life in our era and days gone by.
	www.football-gear.biz /stuff-0312864876.html (1811 words)

	The Great Duty of Family Religion by George Whitefield
		Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.” And by the same captivating motive the prophet Samuel later enforces their obedience to the commandments of God, 1 Sam.
		And so ought every spiritual son of the second Adam, who is entrusted with the care of a household, to offer up the spiritual sacrifices of supplications and thanksgivings, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ, in the presence and name of all who wait upon, or eat food at his table.
		And holy Joshua, when he made the excellent resolution in the text, that he and his household would serve the Lord, certainly resolved to pray with his family, which is one of the best testimonies they could give of their serving the Lord.
	www.biblebb.com /files/GW-006.htm (2805 words)

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