Sakkuto, Abraham Ben-Samuel a learned Jewish writer, was born at Salamanca about A.D. 1450. He was a celebrated astronomer, mathematician, historian, and lexicographer, and his distinguished talents secured for him the professional chair of astronomy at Saragossa. When he had to quit Spain, in 1492, he repaired to Portugal, where king Emmanuel appointed him chronographer … Continue reading “Sakkuto, Abraham Ben-Samuel”
Sakin
Sakin in Scandinavian mythology, is one of the thirty-seven rivers of hell. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Sakia
Sakia in Arabian mythology, is a Mohammedan name for the god of a primeval race of giants and daemons who dwelt in Arabia Petraea, and who drew down rain to the earth. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Sakhtar
Sakhtar is the Parsee name for the heaven which encloses the heaven of the fixed stars, and which is immovable and inhabited by Ormuzd alone. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Sakhi Bhavas
Sakhi Bhavas a Hindu sect who worship Radha as the personification of the Sakti or Krishna. They assume the female garb, and adopt not only the dress and ornaments, but the manners and occupations of women. The sect are held in little estimation, and are very few in number They occasionally lead a mendicant life, … Continue reading “Sakhi Bhavas”
Saker, Alfred
Saker, Alfred a missionary to the “Dark Continent,” was born in England, July 21, 1814. At the age of twenty-nine he was accepted by the Baptist Missionary Society for the mission on the west coast of Africa. In 1845 Saker settled at King Aqua’s Town, the seat of a large tribe, on the left bank … Continue reading “Saker, Alfred”
Sake (for the)
Sake (for the) * For SAKE (for the) see +, p. 9 Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Sakar
Sakar in Mohammedan writers, is one of the seven hells, which serves as the place in which Parsees are punished for being what they are. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Sajotkatta
Sajotkatta a term given by the North American Indians to those persons who enjoy the special favor of their patron spirits, and are through such aid enabled to discover things that are hidden, to foretell future events, to bewitch other persons, to perform extended journeys in the soul while absent from the body, etc. in … Continue reading “Sajotkatta”
Saivo Oiniak
Saivo Oiniak in Lapp mythology, was a mountain deity worshipped under the symbols of peculiarly shaped stones or mountains. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature