water in religion
Post on 24-Feb-2016
48 Views
Preview:
DESCRIPTION
TRANSCRIPT
WATER IN RELIGION
o baptism (Christians) function ascleansing
o cleaning in mosques (Islam) of the spirit
o water as symbol of a clean spirit and attachment to god
o Jesus washing the feet of his disciples at the Maundy Thursday
o God created the world in seven days, o but first there only were the primary
sea and darkness which stands for chaos
o God said: „Let there be light“ and there was light. So he created day and night
o On the second day God built the land and made it wet and fertile
o He made it green with many different kinds of plants
A flood sent by Godto erase all humans
Noah & ArkSafe the Animals
God of the seaIn Greek: Poseidon
worshipped for-a safe journey-rich fishing
o The Nile was often floodedo but people weren´t scared,o they needed it for their fields, o because the mud was fertile.o People were more scared that
the flood didn´t come.
o Seth was jealous of his brother Osiris, so he killed him and spread the parts of his body in all directions.
o Isis brought her husband Osiris back to life for a short time with the healing Nile water.
o In this short moment they made their son Horus to fight versus Seth
top related