a being having superhuman powers and control over a particular part of life or the world
in some belief systems, natural forces like the wind and the sea were gods
a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion
in the eyes of many film critics, Alfred Hitchcock is one of the undisputed gods of cinema
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The Cibeles fountain in central Madrid depicts the Phrygian deity Cybele and is where Real Madrid celebrate their greatest triumphs.
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Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
These traditional theaters, made entirely out of the plant, are built on special occasions like the birthdays of local deities or the Hungry Ghost Festival.
But before Prater became one of the unlikeliest heroes of Bills lore, destined to be referenced for decades in one of the most memorable games in the history of what’s soon to be the old Highmark Stadium, his teammates had a sneaky feeling.
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Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
To dissidents, she has been seen as a hero putting her life on the line; to Modi’s supporters, as a dangerous subversive who is anti-national and anti-Hindu.
By enjoying the exciting spectacle, their fans have willingly become mindless followers—idol worshippers who are too misguided, and naive, to see they’re being led toward their own destruction.
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Yvonne Kim,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
The film covers the life of Mima, a J-Pop idol, who wants to move on to other things and have a more involved career in acting.
Even Ethan Almighty has been affected by the generosity of Supplies Over Seas.
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Kirby Adams,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
By the time Laras is making like Linda Blair, malicious jinn power resisting that of Almighty Allah, the film has already gone down a familiar path of grotesque makeup, stunts and digital FX.
The first — Nietzsche’s 1881 Eternal Recurrence — is a life test by design, echoing Camus’ Sisyphus.
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Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
5 Aug. 2025
Some cultures, Eliade shows, preserve their eternals by simply denying the force of history; in Lyell’s case, the culture at hand was Christianity, and the ideal was the unique status of humankind.
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