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

• The Philosophy of the Numen, a book by David Myatt
• Numen (journal), International Review for the History of Religion
• Numen, a nation elevated to a divine spirit in the philosophy of National mysticism
• Numenism, another name for Animism
• Numina, rejected as impure spirits by St. Augustine in debates with Cornelius Labeo

Music

• Numen (band), a Spanish progressive rock band
• Numen Records, a label for Mozez
• Numen, a song in Offline (album), by Guano Apes
• Numina, project name of Jesse Sola
• Numina, a record label used by Hypnos (record label)
• Numina O, a CD by Offend Maggie
• Numina, name appearing in many compositions of Thomas Oboe Lee
• Numina Infuscata, a track of Red Harvest (Bloodsimple album)

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

• Numen: Contest of Heroes, a video game
• Numina Application Framework, a software product

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

See also

• Numinous (disambiguation)
• Noumenon (disambiguation)