As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

One Piece's Elbaf mural is full of hidden details and easter eggs and here are 26 of them fans may have missed!

Putting up a mezuzah in one’s doorway is a timeless and meaningful means of asserting proud Jewish identity. When it was ...

Recent letters by John Gallup (Herald, Jan. 17) and Ian Root (Herald, Jan. 17), got me to thinking, and wondering why the American flag is so prominently displayed in so many U.S. churches. While ...

To be sure, God has left traces of his Trinitarian being in his work of creation and in his Revelation throughout the Old Testament ... recognize and receive the Symbol of 381.

But the church despite numerous additions over the years, remains a constant, a symbol God is always with us and Christ’s love will never fade. Perhaps our map of God sometimes gets a bit stuck - too ...

The red carpet: a place for the glamorous to pout their lips, dip their hips, and revel in each other’s fabulousness, while ...

In the world of food, there are a myriad of traditions that are woven into many of the dishes that become symbols of the ...

Ruled by Hades, the god of the underworld, the infernal rivers of Greek mythology are often mentioned in ancient litterature ... The peacock plays a role in Greek mythology as the symbol of the ...

But the snake in Chinese culture is not just a divine or benevolent figure. It also represents duality–wisdom and danger, good and evil. This dual nature is reflected in numerous Chinese legends, ...

1 Corinthians 10:16 As Christians we are saved (i.e. prepared for heaven) through faith by grace - the free gift of God's life earned ... let us consider a few Old Testament prefigurements or ...