Sentence examples for deities for from inspiring English sources

The Hindu temples of central Java are conceived simply as shrines to contain icons of deities for worship.

Holst was not thinking of celestial orbs when he composed "The Planets" in 1914-16 but of the astrological deities for which they were named.

Justin occupies the sort of psychiatric space usually taken up by cult leaders or deities, for whose most glaring sins or cock-ups or hypocrisies some contorted explanation can always be contrived.

"Rustling the Deities" for clarinet and piano by the Australian composer Nicholas Vines proved a riveting vehicle for Mr. Fingland's dazzling technique, while harnessing a certain ribald, wild energy that aptly conveyed images of satyrs reveling, rhyton in hand.

More joyful than punitive, they are not meant to symbolize corporeal decomposition; rather, they are protective deities for yogis who confront their fear of death by meditating in charnel grounds and other scary sites.

But after a few wonderful weeks of eating an astonishing range of noodles and praying to local deities for a studio apartment in the Village, I knew it was time to face my fears.

For these weeks only, watching these near-deities for whom every muscle has a purpose and every tweak of a body hair is a bid for greatness, we are allowed to make remarks we would never normally make.

By custom, the maharaja even had to ask the deity for permission to leave town.

He said he chose Deity for his party because of the music and the food.

In Belize, the government sent armed guards to escort a jade head of a deity for its trip north.

A jade carving depicting the head of a deity, for example, reminded archaeologists of the kind of jewels Maya kings and queens had in their crowns.