The veneration of the dead, including one's ancestors, is based on love and respect for the deceased. In some cultures, it is related to beliefs that... 62 KB (7,709 words) - 06:46, 23 April 2024 |
Veneration (Latin: veneratio; Greek: τιμάω timáō), or veneration of saints, is the act of honoring a saint, a person who has been identified as having... 31 KB (3,535 words) - 02:19, 8 April 2024 |
and fate deities Sailor Saturn Veneration of the dead "Anubis - Anubis AKA Inpu, Anupu, or Ienpw". Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved... 34 KB (4,359 words) - 03:33, 8 April 2024 |
Babylonian religion (section Importance of idols) Babylonian religion is the religious practice of Babylonia. Babylonia's mythology was greatly influenced by its Sumerian counterparts and was written... 6 KB (624 words) - 15:59, 20 April 2024 |
Funerary cult (category Anthropology of religion) of religious teaching and practice centered on the veneration of the dead, in which the living are thought to be able to confer benefits on the dead in... 6 KB (832 words) - 14:56, 14 March 2023 |
Traditional African religions (redirect from Persecution of African Religions) lower gods, sometimes including a supreme being, as well as the veneration of the dead, and use of magic and traditional African medicine. Most religions can... 47 KB (5,513 words) - 00:27, 18 April 2024 |
Canaanite religion (redirect from List of Canaanite deities) trouble the living. Dead relatives were venerated and sometimes asked for help. None of the inscribed tablets found since 1928 in the Canaanite city of Ugarit... 38 KB (4,505 words) - 10:33, 26 April 2024 |
Tritopatores (category Veneration of the dead) in Athens as deities of marriage, childbirth and the household. They are mentioned in the Suda lexicon, a Byzantine work of the tenth century AD, and... 4 KB (395 words) - 20:06, 11 December 2023 |
Sarnaism (category Veneration of the dead) Sarnaism is a religious faith of the Indian subcontinent, predominantly followed by indigenous communities in the Chota Nagpur Plateau region across states... 18 KB (1,504 words) - 17:48, 19 April 2024 |
Saturday of Souls Veneration of the dead Veneration of the saints One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public... 52 KB (7,069 words) - 19:55, 18 April 2024 |
Ra (category Kings of the gods) present in the Book of the Dead of the 3rd Intermediate Period. He can be seen sitting on his throne in the Book of the Dead of Nedjmet, Padikhons, Nestanebetisheru... 30 KB (3,602 words) - 06:47, 7 April 2024 |
Sarna (place) (category Veneration of the dead) Sarna is a place of worship in the Chotanagpur region of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. It is a sacred grove, where people of village gather to perform... 5 KB (424 words) - 16:48, 13 February 2024 |
Double Ninth Festival (redirect from Festival of Climbing Heights) The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday observed on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar. According to Wu Jun, it... 12 KB (1,051 words) - 01:07, 12 January 2024 |
Sámi shamanism (section List of deities) multitude of spirits. Sámi traditional beliefs and practices commonly emphasizes veneration of the dead and of animal spirits. The relationship with the local... 9 KB (1,181 words) - 23:05, 17 March 2024 |
Bantu religion (section Diaspora in the Americas) in an amount of higher and lower gods, sometimes including a supreme creator or force, belief in spirits, veneration of the dead, use of magic and traditional... 25 KB (3,131 words) - 06:46, 5 March 2024 |
Khonsu (category Pages using the WikiHiero extension) romanized: Shons) is the ancient Egyptian god of the Moon. His name means 'traveller', and this may relate to the perceived nightly travel of the Moon across the sky.... 9 KB (900 words) - 18:41, 11 April 2024 |
Shu (Egyptian god) (category Pages using the WikiHiero extension) up") was one of the primordial Egyptian gods, spouse and brother to the goddess Tefnut, and one of the nine deities of the Ennead of the Heliopolis cosmogony... 6 KB (635 words) - 14:08, 24 April 2024 |
Amadlozi (category Veneration of the dead) Amadlozi are African spiritual figures of the Nguni people. The Nguni people believe that these entities can be summoned for assistance and protection... 2 KB (227 words) - 08:31, 7 February 2024 |
Apple bobbing (redirect from Bob the apple) of bobbing of apples is the game snap apple or apple on a string, in which apples are hung from the ceiling and contestants jump to take bites - the winner... 8 KB (768 words) - 19:02, 22 March 2024 |
holy site is a location which is deemed to be sacred or hallowed. The sacredness of a natural feature may accrue through tradition or be granted through... 3 KB (279 words) - 21:39, 18 September 2023 |
Kebechet (category Pages using the WikiHiero extension) "refreshes and purifies" the pharaoh. Kebechet was thought to give water to the spirits of the dead while they waited for the mummification process to... 3 KB (193 words) - 04:20, 13 January 2024 |
such as those lost at sea or who have died in combat. Cenotaph Veneration of the dead in Vietnam Le Hong Khanh. "wind tomb, human and military ceremony... 1 KB (113 words) - 17:36, 29 September 2023 |
Ammit (redirect from Eater of the Dead) "Devourer of the Dead"; also rendered Ammut or Ahemait) was an ancient Egyptian goddess[clarification needed] with the forequarters of a lion, the hindquarters... 25 KB (2,387 words) - 04:08, 1 March 2024 |
A rite of passage is a ceremony or ritual of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another. It involves a significant... 25 KB (2,826 words) - 18:01, 15 January 2024 |
The cult of the dead is the practice of venerating the dead. Cult of the dead may also refer to: Cult of the Dead, a 2008 album by Legion of the Damned... 283 bytes (77 words) - 01:07, 21 April 2024 |
Haruspex (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference) In the religion of ancient Rome, a haruspex was a person trained to practise a form of divination called haruspicy, the inspection of the entrails of sacrificed... 10 KB (1,142 words) - 19:49, 4 January 2024 |