The fact that a continuous self-map of a tree has positive topological entropy is related to the amount of different gods (greatest odd divisors) exhibited by its set of periods. Llibre & Misiurewicz [11] and Blokh [9] give generic upper bounds for the maximum number of gods that a zero entropy tree map f : T −→ T can exhibit, in terms of the number of endpoints and edges of T . In this paper w...

The functionalist “law” that religion sustains the moral order must be amended. As is demonstrated in this study, religion has this effect only as it is based on belief in powerful, active, conscious, morally-concerned gods. Contrary to Durkheim’s claims, participation in religious rituals per se has little independent impact on morality and none when done on behalf of gods conceived as unconsc...

in the 90s, a remarkable number of manuscripts were found in northern afghanistan, including economic documents, legal documents, and letters, which have become an important resource for academic studies. this paper aims to investigate the bactrian pantheon as reflected in the economic documents of this collection. at first, these economic documents and the pantheon mentioned in them are introd...

Since late 2021, a new development has been taking place in Nepal. Like many governments around the world, Nepalese authorities are also fully invested asking for return of their looted art held foreign collections. Yet policy is no longer to keep these country’s main museums, but rather bring them back communities origin, where they can take up role as “living Gods”. With this move – which pri...

There are countless high mountains in Tibet, and ancient Tibetans believed that gods resided on every one of them. The worship of mountain gods was one of the most important forms of nature worship among ancient Tibetans; it was fundamental to their entire belief system. Each mountain god possessed his own territory and was in charge of particular affairs. Around each god sprang up myths, legen...