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• The countries that practice divine origin are China, Korea, and Japan
• These kingdoms also believe in ancestor worship
• Amaterasu is the ancestor of Jimmu Tenno
• Lac Long Quan is known as the "Father of the Vietnamese people"
• Dangun's mother was once a bear yearning to be a human
• T'ien ming means "Mandate of Heaven"
• The right to rule is granted by heaven
• The right to rule is not limited to one dynasty
• Mandate of heaven is the basis of kingship and rule of dynasties in china and validated by confucianism
• Sinocentrism is an ethnocentric perspective that views China as central or unique relative to any other nation or country
• Devaraja cult grew out of hinduism and indigenous traditions
• The king was a divine universal and is the reincarnation of the hindu god, Shiva
• Devaraja became popular in india and cambodia
• cakravartin meaning cakra "wheel" and vartin meaning "one who turns'
• considered a "universal ruler" in buddhism
• The idea spread in thailand and india
• Tiamat is known as the creator god in babylonia
• Nammu is referred to as the Goddess of water in Mesapotamia
• The goddess of earth, war, and love is known as Inanna/Ishtar
• Amaterasu is the Goddess of the sun in shintoism
• Guanyin is the compassionate boddhisattva, being able to go to nirvana but would rather help others to enter
• Nirvana is considered as 'Heaven' for some religions
• Parvati or Anapurna is a indian Goddess of power, nourishment, and order