Oaths

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Helios (; ; Homeric Greek: ) is the god who personifies the Sun. His name is also Latinized as Helius, and he is often given the epithets Hyperion ("the one above") and Phaethon ("the shining"). Helios is often depicted in art with a radiant crown and driving a horse-drawn chariot through the sky. He was a guardian of oaths and also the god of sight. Though Helios was a relatively minor deity in Classical Greece, his worship grew more prominent in late antiquity thanks to his identification with several major solar divinities of the Roman period, partic

thumb|Henry Kissinger places his hand on a [[Hebrew Bible as he takes the oath of office as Secretary of State, 1973.]]

In Greek mythology, Styx (; ; lit. "Shuddering"), also called the River Styx, is a goddess and one of the rivers of the Greek Underworld. Her parents were the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, and she was the wife of the Titan Pallas and the mother of Zelus, Nike, Kratos, and Bia. She sided with Zeus in his war against the Titans, and because of this, to honor her, Zeus decreed that the solemn oaths of the gods be sworn by the water of Styx.

Mitra (Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mitrás) is the name of an Indo-Iranian divinity that came out of the Rigvedic Mitrá and Avestan Mithra.

military pact

pivotal event in the early days of the French Revolution

oath sworn at the Olympic Games

painting by Jacques-Louis David

first constitution of modern Japan, promulgated 1868

oath made when joining the Scout movement

A vow (Lat. votum, vow, promise; see vote) is a promise or oath. A vow is used as a promise that is solemn rather than casual.

thumb|Vasil Levski's affidavit, 16 June 1872, Bucharest, Romania

oath taken by a new President of the United States

an official promise by a person who has been elected to a public office to fulfill the duties of the office according to the law

gesture to signify the unbreakableness of a promise

A ''''' or '' (pl. ') is an idiosyncratic taboo, whether of obligation or prohibition, similar to being under a vow or curse, yet the observance of which can also bring power and blessings. The word "geas" is also used to mean specifically a spell prohibiting some action. '''' occur commonly in Irish and Scottish folklore and mythology, as well as in modern English-language fantasy-fiction.

fictional event in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

banquet given by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy

oath sworn by Temüjin (Genghis Khan) in 1203

Abjuration is the solemn repudiation, abandonment, or renunciation by or upon oath, often the renunciation of citizenship or some other right or privilege. The term comes from the Latin abjurare, "to forswear".

promises each partner in a couple makes to the other during a wedding ceremony

Oath of allegiance to the monarch as Supreme Governor of the Church of England

man who committed a 1242 murder in Oxford, England

synod

oath sworn by young men of Classical Athens, typically eighteen-year-old sons of Athenian citizens upon induction into the Ephebic College

2016 political controversy in Hong Kong

Compurgation, also called trial by oath, wager of law, and oath-helping, was a defence used primarily in medieval law. A defendant could establish his innocence or nonliability by taking an oath and by getting a required number of persons, typically twelve, to swear they believed the defendant's oath. The wager of law was essentially a character reference, initially by kin and later by neighbours (from the same region as the defendant), often 11 or 12 men, and it was a way to give credibility to the oath of a defendant at a time when a person's oath had more credibility than a written record.

1656 oath by John II Casimir Vasa

Oath of office for the first term rule of Narendra Modi

oath taken by teachers

United Kingdom legislation

1167 oath of the Lombard League

Pure Land Buddhist scripture passage and mythical event

statement of the defining element of American identity, first formulated by Thomas Jefferson