For them, such act of violence against one of their animal deities was unthinkable.

The most typical are the gods and goddesses who appear with a variety of forms and names, and also to some extent animal deities.

Lyra was known as Urcuchillay by the Incas and was worshipped as an animal deity.

The identities sought are almost always those of animal deities, or of animals having the ability to offer protective charms or to communicate with otherworldly powers.

"I confer upon this gathering the blessings of the universal father and mother and animal deities who lovingly guide us on our path to true spirituality.

Animal worship (or zoolatry) refers to religious rituals involving animals, such as the glorification of animal deities, or animal sacrifice.

The star attraction here is the Templo de los Guerreros (Temple of the Warriors), adorned with stucco and stone-carved animal deities.

Shedding layers of Mr. Salaam's handsome costumes like skins, Ms. Harvey impersonated three animal deities in jewel-like, stylized portrayals that concentrated on animal essence.

Various fantastic animal deities of Hellenic origin were used as decorative elements in Buddhist temples, often triangular friezes in staircases or in front of Buddhist altars.

Using stripes or hatchmarks or other motifs as clues, she identifies figurines, often from societies thousands of years apart, with specific animal deities, which in turn are assigned specific religious functions. '

These creatures are part of the Balinese pantheon of animal deities, for it is they who are the mediators in a rich and harmonious ecology of wildlife with which, to be comfortable, one must become intimate.

The low yellow sun was behind them so that when the herd bull rose from the dark water and shook himself, he filled the air around him with a cloud of golden droplets which framed him in a precious nimbus like an animal deity from some pagan religion.