This page groups figures by where their own story says they came from. Wikipedia notes that an early Christian saint's life was typically recorded as "a biography or vita (Latin for 'life', which begins the title of most medieval biographies)." Browsing by place of origin lets a visitor find every figure whose recorded life begins in the same place.
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What Defines This GroupingRulers whose reigns carry religious weight: anointed kings of the biblical narrative, sacred monarchs, and legendary sovereigns of a golden age. Sacred kingship is a genuine comparative topic, but the grounds on which a king counts as sacred, covenant and anointing, descent from a god, or legend rather than record, are not the same. 2 Learn More
The Kings
This group gathers kings, the royal figures of sacred narrative, rulers whose reigns carry religious weight, whether as anointed servants of God, as sacred monarchs, or as legendary sovereigns of a tradition's golden age.
The browser will find the kingly figures the atlas classes here, such as the anointed kings of the biblical narrative and the sacred rulers of other traditions. The entries describe each within their story.
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Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. Encyclopedia of Religion
Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005Entry Kingship, sacredView the Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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