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This is Ta’ Pinu National Shrine in Għarb, Gozo, Malta with an outdoor labyrinth.
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You must have visited Ġgantija Temple, too.
We visited it last October!
This is Izumo-taisha, a Shinto Shrine that was designated a National Treasure of Japan in 1952. It is rebuilt every 60-70 years to maintain the power of the kami, or spirits. It has the largest shimenawa, a sacred rope made out of rice straw – it is a place for the kami. There are wooden racks where people put their fortune papers at the shrine as a symbol of good luck.
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This is Australian aboriginal depictions of the Wandjina, who are ancestral spirits that came from the air and sea. They are the ones who summon the great storms of the Wet season that contribute to the fertility of the earth. This depiction is on the Barnett River, Mt. Elizabeth Station, Australia.
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On the left side of this panel there is what seems to be a particularly feminine presence painted on a rock.