Numen (disambiguation)

Numen, plur. numina, is a Latin word typically borrowed by modern languages without alteration. It may mean:

Divinity

  • Numen, a divine spirit in ancient Roman religion
    • Numen, a divine spirit investing the parents at the festival of Parentalia
    • Numen of Africa, a supernatural being seen by Curtius Rufus
    • Numen, name applied to Robigalia, personification of agricultural disease
    • Numen praesens, the divine spirit of the emperor in the Imperial cult (ancient Rome)
    • Numen, a divine aspect of Jupiter Tonans
    • Numen, the divinity Aius Locutius, harbinger of a Gallic attack on Rome
    • Numina, creators of the 27 shrines of the Argei
  • Numen, a divine spirit in other religions
    • Numen, a classification of Borr in Norse mythology by Finnur Magnusson
    • Numen, translation of Ling (Chinese religion)
    • Nine Numina, a group to which Xi Wangmu belonged
    • Numina, applies to the strungma who offer chinlabs, a type of Adhiṣṭhāna in Tibetan and Shingon Buddhism

Philosophy

Music

Literature

  • Numen, Old Men, a book by Joseph Gelfer
  • Numina, characters in Century Sonny, a Chinese animation series
  • Numina, a class of character in The Culture, a fictional civilization of Iain M. Banks

Software

Other

  • Numen International, television production company of Clarissa Burt
  • Numina, imaginary powers of a sin-eater in the desktop role-playing game Geist: The Sin-Eaters
  • Numen (journal), bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the history of religions
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