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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

manes cultus

Arabic translation:

الديانة المانوية

Added to glossary by Zahraa Omar
Mar 2, 2013 12:26
11 yrs ago
English term

manes cultus

English to Arabic Other History
The second is that the predominance of manes-cultus throughout ancient North Africa testifies to the existence of well-defined ideas of kinship ; ideas which could only have existed among a people which fully recognized some form of marriage by which blood-relationships could be easily traced.

I think it might be Latin.
Proposed translations (Arabic)
4 -1 الديانة المانوية
5 هرطقات/بدع أرواح الموتى

Discussion

Taha Amin Jul 7, 2013:
Thank you Zahra...good luck
Randa Farhat Mar 2, 2013:
Thank you Nancy! This could be some similar concept. If the question is about Egypt, N.Africa, then those dead would probably be the old Egyptian gods. Another interesting point in the question is the (well-defined ideas of kinship), where the book of dead in Egyptian religion kept the names of the dead and their parents, this perhaps explains why the text says (by which blood-relationships could be easily traced). http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/كتاب_الموتى Still, this is an attempt to find out the meaning, not an answer.
Randa Farhat Mar 2, 2013:
Thank you Taha, but as you see, I did not offer any translation! I tried to help Zahraa with the 'meanings' of the two words as given in Collins Latin-English dictionary. The words, mans cultus, appear in some google books on Egypt precisely and their ancient cult/religion, and if you look further they appear in citation to carvings from Ancient Egypt.
Nancy Eweiss Mar 2, 2013:
You are right Randa about the English equivalent of the term. The worship of spirits or ghosts is known in ancient civilizations as "animism", you may like to check this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism. There are several Arabic terms used to describe this cult, but the most forward in this case could be: عبادة أرواح الأسلاف/ عبادة أرواح الموتى
Taha Amin Mar 2, 2013:
الحقيقة أن الرابط لا يحيليلني إلى صفحة محددة..... و لكن بعد البحث أجد إن الترجمتين صحيحتين...يحسم الإختيار بينهما موضوع النص نفسه و ما يقدمه من معلومة.،.،،و إن كنت لا أرى رابط بين أى من الترجمتين و باقى النص المتاح....و هنا يكون الإختيار للاستاذة زهراء صاحبة السؤال
Randa Farhat Mar 2, 2013:
Here's from Collins Latin dictionary, just to help, as I have no idea of the correct Arabic term:
Manes = ghosts, shades of the dead, the lower world, bodily remains, الأموات، الرفات، الأرواح، العالم السفلي
Cultus = mind culture, civilization, gods worship عبادة الآلهة, as in cult.

Could be 'God Kings' as in ملك الآلهة ، خالق الآلهة , as in الإله الفرعوني آمون وعقيدته
Amon-Ra = Amun-cultus = Amun cult آمون رع، آمون الرب
عقيدة الآلهة الأموات
http://wikipedia.qwika.com/nl2en/Amon_(mythologie)
Randa Farhat Mar 2, 2013:
This has to do with الآلهة الأموات، الآلهة المومياوات . Better post this question in Latin-English section.

Proposed translations

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الديانة المانوية

هى احدى فلسفات الشرق القديمة ...و تنتمى للفيلسوف الفارسي ماني ( حوالى القرن الثالث قبل الميلاد)...
و كانت تقوم على اتحاد العالم و انصهاره و لكنها تفترض الصراع بين النور و الظلام و هما يمثلان الخير
و الشر فى الديانات الأخرى

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-03-02 13:49:36 GMT)
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http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/مانوية

يمكن الرجوع لهذا الرابط للاستزادة من المعلومة حول الديانة المانوية أو الثنوية
Peer comment(s):
neutral Lamis Maalouf : The asker specified that it is in North Africa not Persia!!
3 mins
هى فلسفة ذات أصول فارسية و لكنها انتشرت فى أماكن عديدة منها شمال أفريقيا
disagree Randa Farhat : This is about the Pharoahs and their Family Tombs, the Dead Gods, but I am not aware of the correct/standard equivalent Arabic. Nothing to do with Manichaeism and Persia!// Reply: Taha, I said the QUESTION has nothing to do with Manichaeism.
7 mins
Randa ....it has nothig to do with tombs and dead gods.... Pls read this http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-definition/manichaeism
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هرطقات/بدع أرواح الموتى

نعم تعبير لاتيني
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cultus
cultus = cults in English = هرطقات/بدع دينية
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manes
manes = أرواح الأموات
In ancient Roman religion, the Manes or Di Manes are chthonic deities sometimes thought to represent souls of deceased loved ones. They were associated with the Lares, Lemures, Genii, and Di Penates as deities (di) that pertained to domestic, local, and personal cult.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manes
Definition of MANES
often capitalized : the deified spirits of the ancient Roman dead honored with graveside sacrifices
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Manes
The spirits of the dead, regarded as minor supernatural powers in ancient Roman religion.
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