
Religion
There is no universally accepted definition of religion, only various attempts at definition. Roughly, substantialist and functionalist approaches can be distinguished. Substantialist definitions try to determine the essence of religion, for example, in its relation to the sacred, the transcendent or the absolute; according to Rüdiger Vaas and Scott Atran, for example, the relation to the transcendent represents the central difference to the non-religious.
Functionalist concepts of religion attempt to define religion on the basis of its community-creating social role. In many cases, the definition is made from the perspective of a particular religion, for example, Christianity. One of the most famous and often quoted definitions of religion comes from Friedrich Schleiermacher and reads: Religion is "the feeling of the schlechthinnige dependence on God". The definition from the point of view of a Jesuit is: "Worship of spiritual personal beings, standing apart from and above the visible world, on whom one believes oneself to be dependent and whom one somehow seeks to tune favorably."
A substantialist definition, for example, according to the Protestant theologian Gustav Mensching, reads: "Religion is an experiential encounter with the sacred and a responding action of the human being determined by the sacred. "According to the religious scholar Peter Antes, religion is understood to mean "all ideas, attitudes and actions toward that reality which people accept and name as powers or might, as spirits or also demons, as gods or God, as the sacred or absolute, or finally also only as transcendence."
Michael Bergunder divides the term into Religion 1 and Religion 2. Religion 1 can be understood as the attempts of religious studies to define the term precisely. Religion 2, on the other hand, refers to the everyday understanding of religion. However, there are interactions between these two definitions, so that a clear distinction cannot be made. Bergunder historicizes the concept of religion and therefore criticizes it at the same time. Thus, there is a difference in the understanding of religion on the meta-level (true philosophically) and in the experience (anthropologically)
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Siddhartha Gautama (in Sanskrit: Siddhārtha Gautama (सिद्धार्थ गौतम) or in Pali Siddhattha Gotama, formerly in German Gotamo Buddho; according to the corrected long chronology born 563 BC. BC in Lumbini; died 483 BC in Kushinagar) taught the Dharma (literally the teaching) as the Buddha (literally the Awakened One) and as such became the founder of Buddhism. He is generally referred to as "the historical Buddha." Buddha (Sanskrit, m., बुद्ध, buddha, literally: "the awakened one," Chinese: pinyin fó, Japanese: butsu, Vietnamese: phật or bụt) in Buddhism refers to a person who has experienced bodhi (literally: "awakening") and is the honorific name of the Indian religious founder Siddhartha Gautama, whose teachings founded the world religion of Buddhism.In Buddhism, a Buddha is understood to be a being who has achieved purity and perfection of his mind by his own strength and has thus attained a boundless development of all potentials existing in him: perfect wisdom (Prajna) and infinite, but at the same time also desireless, compassion (Karuna) with all living things. He has already realized Nirvana during his lifetime and is therefore, according to Buddhist conviction, no longer bound to the cycle of reincarnation (Samsara). The awakening is of transcendent nature, cannot be grasped with the mind, is "deep and unfathomable like the ocean", which is why this experience defies description with linguistic terms. Its quality cannot be comprehended by people who have not had this experience themselves.A Buddha experience occurs very rarely according to the Buddhist tradition; therefore, an age in which a Buddha appears is a "fortunate age." This is because there are very many "dark" ages in which no Buddha appears and therefore no teaching of final liberation can be followed. The Buddha of the next age is said to be Maitreya, while Kashyapa, Kanakamuni and Dipamkara were three Buddhas of the past. Tantric Buddhism (Vajrayana) in particular knows a plethora of Buddhas, also called transcendent Buddhas, Adibuddhas (five Dhyani Buddhas) or Tathagatas.Product Number: E00594Product Name: BuddhaThis design comes with the following sizes:Size: 6.34"(w) X 8.51"(h) (161.0 X 216.2mm) Size: 4.95"(w) X 6.65"(h) (125.8 X 169.0mm) Size: 7.04"(w) X 9.46"(h) (178.8 X 240.2mm) Size: 7.82"(w) X 10.50"(h) (198.6 X 266.8mm)The following formats are included in the file you will receive: .DST .EXP .JEF .PES .VP3 .XXX .HUS .VIPYou MUST have an embroidery machine and the software needed to transfer it from your computer to the machine to use this file. This listing is for the machine file only - not a finished item.Buddha Drawing Art Machine Embroidery Design, Siddhartha Gautama Embroidery Pattern, Buddhism Designs, The Awakened One Embroidery Art, DIY Project Idea, Unique Digital Supplies For Embroidery Machines
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Angel Wings Applique
Angel (Latin angelus, Gothic angilus; from ancient Greek angelos: messenger, emissary. Translation of Hebrew mal'ach: messenger, envoy; message, mission; Maleach) is a generic name for heavenly beings (spirit beings). In the teachings of the monotheistic Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, angels are spirit beings in (winged) human form, created by God, subordinate to him and acting as his messengers to mankind. The spiritual understanding of angels and their function and order is largely taken from the Tanakh, the New Testament and the Koran.In addition to the writings of the biblical canon, late antique and medieval legends of saints, homilies, miracle stories and popular narrative material such as sagas and fairy tales were among the sources for the ideas of angels. They are also widespread in esotericism. The idea of a spiritual being next to the main god or goddesses is an ancient cultural tradition in the Near Eastern cultural area. In the mythographies of Babylonia and from the holy writings of Zoroastrianism similar mediators between deity and world can be found.Pictorial representations show angels mostly as winged beings. Mythical winged hybrid beings in the Persian Empire and the depiction of ancient Egyptian deities show beings belonging to the sacred divine sphere. Angelic beings in such religions are therefore not full gods, but belong to the category of demi-deities. Sometimes also in polytheistic religions godlike, but not divine beings, which can mediate the supernatural, are translated or compared with angels, so e.g. Deva as well as other - wingless - Indian demigods and deities. In the general linguistic usage, however, one understands by angels messengers of the only God of one of the monotheistic views.Product Number: A00279Product Name: AngelThis design comes with the following sizes:Size: 3.98"(w) X 1.91"(h) (101.2 X 48.4mm) Size: 4.74"(w) X 2.28"(h) (120.4 X 58.0mm) Size: 5.53"(w) X 2.67"(h) (140.4 X 67.7mm) Size: 6.71"(w) X 3.24"(h) (170.4 X 82.2mm) Size: 7.85"(w) X 3.78"(h) (199.4 X 96.0mm)The following formats are included in the file you will receive: .DST .EXP .JEF .PES .VP3 .XXX .VIP .HUSYou MUST have an embroidery machine and the software needed to transfer it from your computer to the machine to use this file. This listing is for the machine file only - not a finished item.Beautiful Angel With Wings Applique Machine Embroidery Design, Heavenly Being Embroidery Pattern, Spirit Beings Winged Designs, Embroidery Art, DIY Project Idea, Unique Digital Supplies For Embroidery Machines
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Santa Claus Head V
Santa Claus is a symbolic figure of Christmas gift-giving that is popular in Germany, especially in northern, central and eastern Germany, and in the rest of the world, especially in Protestant regions such as French-speaking western Switzerland (Père Noël), the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Estonia, Latvia, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and the United States. He is depicted as a roundish, friendly old man with a long white beard, red robe trimmed with white fur; attributes are his gift bag and (in former times also) a rod. Contemporary postcards prove that this depiction already existed in the 19th century. The Coca-Cola Company used this depiction for its own advertising campaigns every year at Christmas time, starting in 1931.Supposedly, Santa Claus brings gifts to good children on Christmas Eve, but only a rod to naughty ones. He thus combines characteristics of the holy bishop Nicholas of Myra and his companion, the servant Ruprecht. The figure of Santa Claus is mainly based on the European legends about Saint Nicholas; however, he is by no means to be equated with him. Nicholas of Myra was a bishop in the 4th century, around whom numerous legends entwine. Already in the Middle Ages, children were given presents on the commemoration day of St. Nicholas, December 6, often the evening before. In the past, this date was also the day on which presents were given, but it was only during the Reformation and as a result of its rejection of the veneration of saints that it was placed on Christmas Day in many countries.European emigrants brought the Saint Nicholas custom with them to the United States of America. In particular, the Dutch colonies celebrated Sinterklaasfeest, especially since Saint Nicholas was also the patron saint of Nieuw Amsterdam, which later became New York. The Dutch Sint Nicolaas or Sinterklaas became the English Saint Nicholas or Santa Claus. Today's popular myth of Santa Claus traveling in a flying sleigh pulled by reindeer, entering homes at night through the chimney and distributing gifts, dates back to the poem The Night before Christmas, published anonymously in 1823.Product Number: E00092Product Name: SantaThis design comes with the following sizes:Size: 2.00"(w) X 3.91"(h) (50.8 X 99.4mm) Size: 3.59"(w) X 7.05"(h) (91.2 X 179.0mm) Size: 5.19"(w) X 10.18"(h) (131.8 X 258.5mm)The following formats are included in the file you will receive: .DST .EXP .JEF .PES .VP3 .XXX .VIP .HUSYou MUST have an embroidery machine and the software needed to transfer it from your computer to the machine to use this file. This listing is for the machine file only - not a finished item.Santa Claus Hipster Head With Glasses Machine Embroidery Design, Symbolic Figure Of Christmas Day Embroidery Pattern, Holidays Designs, Santa With Long White Beard Embroidery Art, DIY Project Idea, Unique Digital Supplies For Embroidery Machines
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Merry Christmas Reindeers
Christmas, also called Christmastime called the Feast of Christmas or the Feast of the Holy Christ, is the feast of the birth of Jesus Christ in Christianity. The feast day is December 25, Christmas Day, also known as the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord (Latin: Sollemnitas in nativitate Domini), the celebrations of which begin on the evening before Christmas Eve (also Christmas Eve, Christmas Night, Chrismastime). December 25 is a public holiday in many states. In Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland and many other countries, December 26 is added as a second Christmas holiday, which is also celebrated as St. Stephen's Day.Christmas is usually celebrated with family or friends and with giving gifts to each other. In German-speaking and some other countries, gifts are usually given in the evening on December 24 and are considered the most prominent part of the Christmas celebration. In English-speaking countries, gifts are usually given on the morning of Christmas Day. The gift-giving ritual refers to mythical gift-bringers such as the Christ Child or Santa Claus, some of whom are also played. Such rites, like the festival as a whole, serve to strengthen family relationships. Many countries associate other customs of their own with Christmas. Attending a church service on Christmas Eve, the night or morning of December 25 is part of the festive tradition for many people.In Western Christianity, Christmas is one of the three main festivals of the church year, along with Easter and Pentecost. As a church holiday, December 25 is documented since 336 in Rome. It is not clear how this date came about.Emperor Aurelian had set December 25, 274, as an empire-wide feast day for the Roman sun god Sol Invictus; early Christians drew parallels between this sun god and "Christ, the true sun" (Christus verus Sol). The custom of giving presents to children at Christmas in the way that is customary today dates back to the Biedermeier period and was initially restricted to upper middle-class circles, because only they had the living room, which was used like a stage, at their disposal, could afford a private Christmas tree, and could choose children's gifts from the increasingly diverse assortment of toys. Product Number: E00079Product Name: ChristmasThis design comes with the following sizes:Size: 5.99"(w) X 4.93"(h) (152.1 X 125.2mm) Size: 7.37"(w) X 6.06"(h) (187.1 X 154.0mm)The following formats are included in the file you will receive: .DST .EXP .JEF .PES .VP3 .XXX .VIP .HUSYou MUST have an embroidery machine and the software needed to transfer it from your computer to the machine to use this file. This listing is for the machine file only - not a finished item.Merry Christmas Reindeer Machine Embroidery Design, Xmas Embroidery Pattern, Christmas Eve Designs, Holiday Embroidery Art, Feast Of Christmas, DIY Project Idea, Unique Digital Supplies For Embroidery Machines
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Deer Merry Christmas
The deer (Cervidae) or antlers are a family of mammals from the order of the cloven-hoofed animals (Artiodactyla). The family includes more than 80 species, of which, among others, the red deer, the fallow deer, the roe deer, the reindeer and the elk are also common in Europe. In addition, deer are found in Asia, North and South America and with one representative in Africa. The most distinctive feature of the deer are the antlers, which vary in shape and are usually only worn by the males, which are shed annually and formed anew. The main food of the animals consists of plants, whereby soft and hard plant parts are consumed in varying degrees. However, pure grazers as in horned deer do not occur in deer, which is related to the formation of the antlers. The social behavior of the animals varies greatly, ranging from solitary individuals to the formation of large, widely roaming herds. The reproductive phase is marked by characteristic dominance fights. The phylogeny of deer dates back to the Lower Miocene, about 20 million years ago. Deer also flowed into mythology and culture in a wide variety of peoples. Already in Paleolithic rock drawings both animals and persons are depicted with deer antlers. In Celtic mythology, Cernunnos represents an embodiment of the "deer god," a type also found in other religions. In ancient Greece, the stag was sacred to Artemis, the goddess of hunting. Agamemnon killed such a hind in Aulis, whereupon Artemis sent a wind still and demanded Agamemnon's eldest daughter Iphigenia as an atoning sacrifice. Another sacred hind was the Kerynite hind, which had golden antlers and lived in Arcadia. Heracles had to catch her alive as the third task. Norse mythology also knows deer, so four of these animals eat the buds of the world ash tree Yggdrasil.Product Number: E00066Product Name: DeerThis design comes with the following sizes:Size: 6.93"(w) X 5.01"(h) (175.9 X 127.2mm)The following formats are included in the file you will receive: .DST .EXP .JEF .PES .VP3 .XXX .VIP .HUSYou MUST have an embroidery machine and the software needed to transfer it from your computer to the machine to use this file. This listing is for the machine file only - not a finished item.Merry Christmas Deer Antlers Machine Embroidery Design, Forest Animals Embroidery Pattern, Wild Animals Designs, Reindeer Embroidery Art, DIY Project Idea, Unique Digital Artsupplies For Embroidery Machines
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Soul
The term soul has many meanings, depending on the different mythical, religious, philosophical or psychological traditions and teachings in which it occurs. In today's usage, it often refers to the totality of all emotional and mental processes in humans. In this sense, "soul" is largely synonymous with "psyche," the Greek word for soul. However, "soul" can also refer to a principle that is assumed to underlie these emotions and processes, to order them, and also to bring about or influence physical processes. Product Number: E00398Product Name: soulThis design comes with the following sizes:Size: 2.78"(w) X 0.94"(h) (70.5 X 24.0mm) Size: 3.87"(w) X 1.31"(h) (98.4 X 33.4mm) Size: 4.43"(w) X 1.51"(h) (112.5 X 38.3mm) Size: 5.54"(w) X 1.88"(h) (140.6 X 47.7mm) Size: 6.63"(w) X 2.25"(h) (168.5 X 57.2mm) Size: 7.74"(w) X 2.62"(h) (196.5 X 66.6mm) Size: 8.74"(w) X 2.97"(h) (222.1 X 75.4mm)The following formats are included in the file you will receive: .DST .EXP .JEF .PES .VP3 .XXX .VIP .HUSYou MUST have an embroidery machine and the software needed to transfer it from your computer to the machine to use this file. This listing is for the machine file only - not a finished item.Soul Saying Machine Embroidery Design, Embroidery Pattern, Embroidery Art, DIY Project Idea, Original Digital Supplies For Embroidery Machines, Artsupplies For Handmade Embroidery Projects, Quality Embroidery Digitizing
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Christmas Gift Penguin
The penguins (Spheniscidae) are a group of flightless seabirds of the southern hemisphere and form the only family in the order Sphenisciformes. Their phylogenetic sister group is probably the loons (Gaviiformes) and tube-noses (Procellariiformes). Penguins are easily distinguished from all other birds and are outstandingly adapted to life in the sea and in the sometimes extreme cold zones of the earth.Penguins live in the open seas of the southern hemisphere. There they are found in particular in the coastal waters of Antarctica, New Zealand, southern Australia, South Africa, Namibia (Penguin Islands), southern Angola, on the Falkland Islands off South America and up the west coast to Peru, as well as on the Galápagos Islands located on the equator. As cold-loving birds, they occur in tropical areas only when cold-water currents exist; this is the case, for example, on the west coast of South America with the Humboldt Current or around South Africa with the Benguela Current at the Cape Peninsula.Most species live roughly between latitudes 45 and 60 degrees south; the largest numbers of individuals are found around Antarctica and on nearby islands. No penguins live in the northern hemisphere, with the exception of zoo animals and part of the population of the Galápagos penguin on the equatorial Galápagos island of Isabela.Product Number: E00083Product Name: PenguinThis design comes with the following sizes:Size: 4.47"(w) X 2.90"(h) (113.5 X 73.7mm) Size: 6.70"(w) X 4.36"(h) (170.2 X 110.8mm) Size: 9.57"(w) X 6.23"(h) (243.1 X 158.2mm)The following formats are included in the file you will receive: .DST .EXP .JEF .PES .VP3 .XXX .VIP .HUSYou MUST have an embroidery machine and the software needed to transfer it from your computer to the machine to use this file. This listing is for the machine file only - not a finished item.Christmas Penguin Gift Machine Embroidery Design, Tube Noses Animals Embroidery Pattern, Penguins Designs, Antarctica Open Seas Animals Embroidery Art, Seabird Embroidery, DIY Project Idea, Unique Digital Supplies For Embroidery Machines
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Santa Claus Head Holiday Applique
Santa Claus is a symbolic figure of Christmas gift-giving that is popular in Germany, especially in northern, central and eastern Germany, and in the rest of the world, especially in Protestant regions such as French-speaking western Switzerland (Père Noël), the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Estonia, Latvia, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and the United States. He is depicted as a roundish, friendly old man with a long white beard, red robe trimmed with white fur; attributes are his gift bag and (in former times also) a rod. Contemporary postcards prove that this depiction already existed in the 19th century. The Coca-Cola Company used this depiction for its own advertising campaigns every year at Christmas time, starting in 1931.Supposedly, Santa Claus brings gifts to good children on Christmas Eve, but only a rod to naughty ones. He thus combines characteristics of the holy bishop Nicholas of Myra and his companion, the servant Ruprecht. The figure of Santa Claus is mainly based on the European legends about Saint Nicholas; however, he is by no means to be equated with him. Nicholas of Myra was a bishop in the 4th century, around whom numerous legends entwine. Already in the Middle Ages, children were given presents on the commemoration day of St. Nicholas, December 6, often the evening before. In the past, this date was also the day on which presents were given, but it was only during the Reformation and as a result of its rejection of the veneration of saints that it was placed on Christmas Day in many countries.European emigrants brought the Saint Nicholas custom with them to the United States of America. In particular, the Dutch colonies celebrated Sinterklaasfeest, especially since Saint Nicholas was also the patron saint of Nieuw Amsterdam, which later became New York. The Dutch Sint Nicolaas or Sinterklaas became the English Saint Nicholas or Santa Claus. Today's popular myth of Santa Claus traveling in a flying sleigh pulled by reindeer, entering homes at night through the chimney and distributing gifts, dates back to the poem The Night before Christmas, published anonymously in 1823.Product Number: E00407Product Name: SantaClausThis design comes with the following sizes:Size: 1.39"(w) X 2.99"(h) (35.4 X 75.9mm) Size: 1.79"(w) X 3.72"(h) (45.4 X 94.5mm) Size: 2.18"(w) X 4.80"(h) (55.4 X 122.0mm) Size: 2.57"(w) X 5.27"(h) (65.4 X 133.8mm) Size: 2.97"(w) X 6.03"(h) (75.4 X 153.1mm) Size: 3.56"(w) X 7.54"(h) (90.4 X 191.6mm) Size: 3.95"(w) X 8.37"(h) (100.4 X 212.7mm) Size: 4.54"(w) X 9.67"(h) (115.3 X 245.7mm) Size: 4.93"(w) X 10.30"(h) (125.3 X 261.7mm) Size: 5.33"(w) X 11.03"(h) (135.3 X 280.1mm) Size: 5.78"(w) X 11.37"(h) (146.8 X 288.8mm) The following formats are included in the file you will receive: .DST .EXP .JEF .PES .VP3 .XXX .VIP .HUSYou MUST have an embroidery machine and the software needed to transfer it from your computer to the machine to use this file. This listing is for the machine file only - not a finished item.Santa Claus Head Applique Machine Embroidery Design, Symbolic Figure Of Christmas Day Embroidery Pattern, Holidays Designs, Santa With Long White Beard Embroidery Art, DIY Project Idea, Unique Digital Supplies For Embroidery Machines
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Christmas Ornaments
Christmas decoration or Christmas ornament is the visual decoration inside and outside of closed rooms with (pre-)Christmas typical objects. Christmas, also called Christmastime called the Feast of Christmas or the Feast of the Holy Christ, is the feast of the birth of Jesus Christ in Christianity. The feast day is December 25, Christmas Day, also known as the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord (Latin: Sollemnitas in nativitate Domini), the celebrations of which begin on the evening before Christmas Eve (also Christmas Eve, Christmas Night, Chrismastime). December 25 is a public holiday in many states. In Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland and many other countries, December 26 is added as a second Christmas holiday, which is also celebrated as St. Stephen's Day.Christmas is usually celebrated with family or friends and with giving gifts to each other. In German-speaking and some other countries, gifts are usually given in the evening on December 24 and are considered the most prominent part of the Christmas celebration. In English-speaking countries, gifts are usually given on the morning of Christmas Day. The gift-giving ritual refers to mythical gift-bringers such as the Christ Child or Santa Claus, some of whom are also played. Such rites, like the festival as a whole, serve to strengthen family relationships. Many countries associate other customs of their own with Christmas. Attending a church service on Christmas Eve, the night or morning of December 25 is part of the festive tradition for many people.In Western Christianity, Christmas is one of the three main festivals of the church year, along with Easter and Pentecost. As a church holiday, December 25 is documented since 336 in Rome. It is not clear how this date came about.Emperor Aurelian had set December 25, 274, as an empire-wide feast day for the Roman sun god Sol Invictus; early Christians drew parallels between this sun god and "Christ, the true sun" (Christus verus Sol). The custom of giving presents to children at Christmas in the way that is customary today dates back to the Biedermeier period and was initially restricted to upper middle-class circles, because only they had the living room, which was used like a stage, at their disposal, could afford a private Christmas tree, and could choose children's gifts from the increasingly diverse assortment of toys. Product Number: E00055Product Name: ChristmasThis design comes with the following sizes:Size: 5.59"(w) X 2.67"(h) (142.0 X 67.7mm) Size: 6.70"(w) X 3.20"(h) (170.3 X 81.3mm) Size: 9.69"(w) X 4.63"(h) (246.0 X 117.6mm)The following formats are included in the file you will receive: .DST .EXP .JEF .PES .VP3 .XXX .VIP .HUSYou MUST have an embroidery machine and the software needed to transfer it from your computer to the machine to use this file. This listing is for the machine file only - not a finished item.Christmas Ornaments Machine Embroidery Design, Christmas Visual Decoration Xmas Embroidery Pattern, Christmas Eve Designs, Holiday Embroidery Art, Feast Of Christmas, DIY Project Idea, Unique Digital Supplies For Embroidery Machines
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Bow Christmas Decoration
Christmas decoration or Christmas ornament is the visual decoration inside and outside of closed rooms with (pre-)Christmas typical objects. Christmas, also called Christmastime called the Feast of Christmas or the Feast of the Holy Christ, is the feast of the birth of Jesus Christ in Christianity. The feast day is December 25, Christmas Day, also known as the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord (Latin: Sollemnitas in nativitate Domini), the celebrations of which begin on the evening before Christmas Eve (also Christmas Eve, Christmas Night, Chrismastime). December 25 is a public holiday in many states. In Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland and many other countries, December 26 is added as a second Christmas holiday, which is also celebrated as St. Stephen's Day.Christmas is usually celebrated with family or friends and with giving gifts to each other. In German-speaking and some other countries, gifts are usually given in the evening on December 24 and are considered the most prominent part of the Christmas celebration. In English-speaking countries, gifts are usually given on the morning of Christmas Day. The gift-giving ritual refers to mythical gift-bringers such as the Christ Child or Santa Claus, some of whom are also played. Such rites, like the festival as a whole, serve to strengthen family relationships. Many countries associate other customs of their own with Christmas. Attending a church service on Christmas Eve, the night or morning of December 25 is part of the festive tradition for many people.In Western Christianity, Christmas is one of the three main festivals of the church year, along with Easter and Pentecost. As a church holiday, December 25 is documented since 336 in Rome. It is not clear how this date came about.Emperor Aurelian had set December 25, 274, as an empire-wide feast day for the Roman sun god Sol Invictus; early Christians drew parallels between this sun god and "Christ, the true sun" (Christus verus Sol). The custom of giving presents to children at Christmas in the way that is customary today dates back to the Biedermeier period and was initially restricted to upper middle-class circles, because only they had the living room, which was used like a stage, at their disposal, could afford a private Christmas tree, and could choose children's gifts from the increasingly diverse assortment of toys. Product Number: E00054Product Name: ChristmasThis design comes with the following sizes:Size: 3.71"(w) X 2.61"(h) (94.3 X 66.2mm) Size: 6.68"(w) X 4.69"(h) (169.7 X 119.0mm) Size: 8.84"(w) X 6.20"(h) (224.5 X 157.6mm)The following formats are included in the file you will receive: .DST .EXP .JEF .PES .VP3 .XXX .VIP .HUSYou MUST have an embroidery machine and the software needed to transfer it from your computer to the machine to use this file. This listing is for the machine file only - not a finished item.Christmas Decoration Machine Embroidery Design, Christmas Bow Ornament, Visual Decoration Xmas Embroidery Pattern, Christmas Eve Designs, Holiday Embroidery Art, Feast Of Christmas, DIY Project Idea, Unique Digital Supplies For Embroidery Machines
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Lotus
The lotuses (Nelumbo), also called lotus or lotus, are the only genus in the lotus family (Nelumbonaceae). In everyday language, a flower refers either to a flowering plant that "produces" larger, eye-catching blossoms, or to a "single blossom of a flower with a stem", or is used as a short form for flowering vine. It is often used as an ornament, e.g. as a cut flower in a bouquet, a floral wreath or a floral arrangement. In the visual arts, flowers as a floral motif are a frequently depicted theme. In botany, on the other hand, the term flower is clearly defined and is separated in particular from the term blossom. While a flower (as a single flower or inflorescence) is defined by its function in pollination, a blossom (as a stunted shoot with metamorphosed leaves) is a term clearly defined by morphology.A flower is the pollination-biological unit of flowering plants. It is its task to attract pollinators or it forms a technical-functional unit. Flower is therefore an ecologically-functionally defined term. Thus, flowers pollinated by animals are classified according to their pollinators, such as the bird flowers or the beetle flowers. A flower is defined as a shoot of limited growth in the service of sexual reproduction. Its structure is clearly divided into perianth, stamens and carpels. Tulip or rose flowers are good examples of this. They do not have to be conspicuously built or coloured; grasses also have flowers.Product Number: EA00005Product Name: BeHereNowThis design comes with the following sizes:Size: 4.98"(w) X 6.93"(h) (126.6 X 176.1mm)The following formats are included in the file you will receive: .DST .EXP .JEF .PES .VP3 .XXX .VIP .HUSYou MUST have an embroidery machine and the software needed to transfer it from your computer to the machine to use this file. This listing is for the machine file only - not a finished item.Lotus Ornamental Plant Embroidery, Flower Machine Embroidery Design, Flowering Plant Embroidery Pattern, Cut Flower Designs, Blossoms Embroidery Art, Floral Motif, DIY Project Idea, Unique Digital Supplies For Embroidery Machines
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Angel Applique
Angel (Latin angelus, Gothic angilus; from ancient Greek angelos: messenger, emissary. Translation of Hebrew mal'ach: messenger, envoy; message, mission; Maleach) is a generic name for heavenly beings (spirit beings). In the teachings of the monotheistic Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, angels are spirit beings in (winged) human form, created by God, subordinate to him and acting as his messengers to mankind. The spiritual understanding of angels and their function and order is largely taken from the Tanakh, the New Testament and the Koran.In addition to the writings of the biblical canon, late antique and medieval legends of saints, homilies, miracle stories and popular narrative material such as sagas and fairy tales were among the sources for the ideas of angels. They are also widespread in esotericism. The idea of a spiritual being next to the main god or goddesses is an ancient cultural tradition in the Near Eastern cultural area. In the mythographies of Babylonia and from the holy writings of Zoroastrianism similar mediators between deity and world can be found.Pictorial representations show angels mostly as winged beings. Mythical winged hybrid beings in the Persian Empire and the depiction of ancient Egyptian deities show beings belonging to the sacred divine sphere. Angelic beings in such religions are therefore not full gods, but belong to the category of demi-deities. Sometimes also in polytheistic religions godlike, but not divine beings, which can mediate the supernatural, are translated or compared with angels, so e.g. Deva as well as other - wingless - Indian demigods and deities. In the general linguistic usage, however, one understands by angels messengers of the only God of one of the monotheistic views.Product Number: A00147Product Name: LittleAngelThis design comes with the following sizes:Size: 2.87"(w) X 3.95"(h) (72.9 X 100.4mm) Size: 3.42"(w) X 4.74"(h) (86.8 X 120.4mm) Size: 3.99"(w) X 5.53"(h) (101.4 X 140.4mm) Size: 4.84"(w) X 6.71"(h) (123.0 X 170.4mm) Size: 5.64"(w) X 7.81"(h) (143.2 X 198.4mm)The following formats are included in the file you will receive: .DST .EXP .JEF .PES .VP3 .XXX .VIP .HUSYou MUST have an embroidery machine and the software needed to transfer it from your computer to the machine to use this file. This listing is for the machine file only - not a finished item.Little Angel Applique Machine Embroidery Design, Heavenly Being Embroidery Pattern, Spirit Beings Winged Designs, Embroidery Art, DIY Project Idea, Unique Digital Supplies For Embroidery Machines
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