We are talking about a multi-deity society.

我们讨论的是一个多神崇拜的社会。

The "simple faith in the Deity" expressed in my teenage essay has faded over the years.

我在短文中表达的“对神的朴素的信念”已经慢慢随着年华淡去。

What are we to make of the incredible similarity of Israel's deity and cult to those of her neighbors?

我们要怎么样理解以色列的神和祭礼与它邻国的神和祭礼极大的相似性？

Since his death, various occult organizations have adopted him as a model figure or even as a powerful deity.

自从他死后，各种各样的神秘组织把他当作模范甚至是一个强大的神。

Before it even has time to ferment, to quickly offer something to the deity again, to procure favor for the rest of the crop.

很快弄成面粉，还来不及发酵，只为了敬献给神，为了博得神的喜爱，保佑这些庄稼。

Some scholars believe that Yahweh was originally a tribal deity—a god whom the Hebrews worshiped and considered superior to the pagan gods.

一些学者认为耶和华最初是一个部落神——希伯来人崇拜的神，并认为他比异教神更优越。

In this perspective, we have an image of the awesome power of the Deity himself thundering away behind every jot and tittle of Milton's great epic.

从这个角度来看，我们可以看到弥尔顿伟大史诗的每一处细节背后，都隐藏着神自己的强大力量。

To worship someone or something is to venerate him, her, or it—not necessarily as you would revere a deity, but at least with extreme devotion or admiration.

崇拜某人或某物，就是崇敬他、她或它——不一定要你像敬畏一个神那样去做，但起码要发自极度的虔诚或赞美。

Your deity?

你的神祗？

Pictured here: a young boy dressed as the Hindu deity.

图上为一个年轻男孩的穿着像个印度教教徒。

He could have remained on Portugal's Atlantic coast, a local deity.

他本可以在葡萄牙的大西洋海岸继续做他的神。

The supreme deity turned to Al and asked, tell what is important about yourself.

这至高无上的神问戈尔说，说说啥是你认为最重要的。

In the works of Confucius, afterlife, ghost and deity were seldom mentioned.

在孔子的著作中很少提及来世和鬼神。

LIKE a deity, radio spectrum is invisible, omnipresent and commands awesome power.

无线电波像神明一样，无法看到而又无处不在，并拥有让世人敬畏的力量。

Sanctuaries in the ancient world were understood to be the dwelling place of the deity.

在古时候，圣所被认为是,神的住所。

Interestingly, unlike most ancient sanctuaries, the Israelite sanctuary did not contain a statue of the deity.

有趣的是，和大多数古代神殿不同，以色列神殿里没有神的塑像。

The Israelites certainly hoped to secure the perpetual aid and blessing and protection of a well-disposed deity.

以色列人当然也想从神灵那里，得到永恒的祝福和保护。

I remember how the few women who wrote poetry in those days were looked upon as miraculous creations of the Deity.

我记得那时候，少数写诗的女子是如何被看作为上天在人间创造的奇迹。

The Teutonic deity Eostra was the goddess of spring and fertility, and feasts were held in her honor on the Vernal Equinox.

日耳曼的Eostra之神是掌管春天以及繁殖的神，人们在春分的时候为她举办盛宴祭拜她。

Mankind have even committed the impiety of attributing similar desires to the Deity, whom they imagine avid for continual praise.

人类甚至犯过如此大不敬：觉得他们构想出来的神灵也有相同的需求，渴望得到持续的赞美。

Religion sometimes revolted him and his fellow men seemed to him "more like the image of a brute beast than of that omnipotent deity".

他遭到教徒的反抗，手下也认为他“更像残忍的野兽，而非全能的神”。

Our word for these storms comes from Hurakán, a one-legged Mayan deity who summoned the Great Flood from his perch in the windy mists.

飓风（hurricane）一词来自于Hurakán，这是玛雅文化中一位独腿的邪神，他在浓雾和大风中现身并召唤大洪水。

Human sacrifice is the act of killing a human being for the purposes of making an offering to a deity or other, normally supernatural, power.

活人祭是通过杀死活人为神灵或者其他超自然力量和权势提供祭品。

Most likely it will simply be Oprah - the only deity her fans will be satisfied with - orchestrating her own finale just the way she wants it.

更有可能只是Oprah自己，唯一能让粉丝满意的女神，正如她希望的那样，独自演奏她的最后一曲。

His aim was to locate the missing giant legs of an eight-headed, three-metre high sandstone statue of Hevajra, the war-like, tantric Buddhist deity.

他的目标是找到一尊有8头的三公尺高喜金刚(明王像，密教之神)沙岩塑像遗失的腿部。

And so in this perspective we have an image of the awesome power of the Deity Himself thundering away behind every jot and tittle of Milton's great epic.

从这个角度，我们能看到，上帝的神力隐去了，藏到了弥尔顿的史诗的一点一滴中。