stone idols
Worship figures, rock
Stone idols are carved stone figures representing deities or spirits, created for worship or veneration.
The phrase often carries connotations of primitive or pagan religion, especially in contexts influenced by biblical prohibitions against graven images: The missionaries condemned the stone idols of the natives.
The term can be dismissive, implying the objects are mere stone rather than legitimate sacred items.
- carvedCut to create form
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- paganNon-mainstream religion follower
- gravenCut or carved in
- ancientVery old indeed
ancient ruins · lost civilization · Easter Island · temple · altar · offerings · blood sacrifice · ritual · sacred · sacred ground · forbidden · primitive · tribal · totem · effigy · deity · shrine · heathen
- sacred stonesmegaliths, dolmens, menhirs, lingam, Stonehenge
- Ancient ArabiaArabia, Mecca, Arabian Peninsula, Medina, Yemen
- Arabian paganismpolytheism, jinn, Kaaba, deities, sun goddess
stone idolswooden idols
Carved religious figures
golden idols · clay figurines · bronze statues · sand mandalas
stone, stones, stoned, stoning, stony, stonework, stonecutter, milestone, cobblestone