A votive offering or votive deposit is one or more objects displayed or deposited, without the intention of recovery or use, in a sacred place for religious...

Tsatsa (also tsa-tsa, tsha-tsha) is a small sculptural votive offering used in Tibetan Buddhism. They are normally small plaques with decoration in relief...

A votive candle or prayer candle is a small candle, typically white or beeswax yellow, intended to be burnt as a votive offering in an act of Christian...

recognized as a replacement votive that directly related to hunting and preying. Tiny sized vases, another type of votive offering, first made an appearance...

folk charms that are traditionally used for healing purposes and as votive offerings in Mexico, the southern United States, other areas of Latin America...

A votive crown is a votive offering in the form of a crown, normally in precious metals and often adorned with jewels. Especially in the Early Middle...

An ex-voto is a votive offering to a saint or a divinity, given in fulfillment of a vow (hence the Latin term, short for ex voto suscepto, "from the vow...

of currency. Textiles were among the objects offered to the gods [votive offering] in ancient Greece for religious purposes. The smallest component of...

about 8,000 silver votive objects in the chapel. The large crescent moon located right beneath Our Lady is also a votive offering. Its origins are unknown...

Tama (Greek: τάμα, pl. τάματα, tamata) are a form of votive offering or ex-voto used in the Eastern Orthodox Churches, particularly the Greek Orthodox...

of wishes and offerings. Such trees are identified as possessing a special religious or spiritual value. Postulants make votive offerings in hopes of having...

at Delphi was constructed by the Athenians to house dedications and votive offerings made by their city and citizens to the sanctuary of Apollo. The entire...

in temples, shrines and churches, and cult images, including votive offerings at votive sites. Cicero defined religio as cultus deorum, "the cultivation...

grounds. Childhood in ancient Rome Mater Matuta Votive offering List of Roman fertility deities Swaddling Votive babies Italian: bambini in fasce) An ex-voto...

divine art, and weave planks of fir over its ribs they pretend it's a votive offering: this rumour spreads. They secretly hide a picked body of men, chosen...

Hill of Crosses (Lithuanian: Kryžių kalnas) is a site of pilgrimage about 12 km north of the city of Šiauliai, in northern Lithuania. The precise origin...

are considered by textual scholars to also be a later development. Votive offering Berlin, Adele; Brettler, Marc Zvi (2014). Jewish study bible (2 Rev...

votive animal mummies are the animals' souls acted as messengers between people on earth and the gods. Cats were mummified as religious offerings in...

Mycenaean type called "house sanctuaries". Samos excavations have revealed votive offerings, many of them late 8th and 7th centuries BCE, which show that Hera...

invasion of Britain, although it is now thought that the shield was a votive offering, which probably predates the invasion. The Battersea Shield is made...

boundary markers, roadside markers, and grave markers, as well as votive offerings. In Classical and Hellenistic Greece, Hermes was usually depicted as...

and given to him by Ieyasu, was donated to the temple by Hanzō as a votive offering, but was damaged during the bombing of Tokyo in 1945. Fūma Kotarō According...

treasuries, stoas, a sacred way, and countless honorific statues and other votive offerings. The Sacred Way was a road running from the city of Samos to the sanctuary...

An agalma (Ancient Greek: άγαλμα, lit. 'statue') is a cult image or votive offering. Agalma may also refer to: Agalma (siphonophore), a marine animal genus...

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archaeological evidence of votive offerings, ceremonial textile production, and iconography found in Etruscan burials. Votive evidence for Etruscan worship...

depicts severed heads hanging from trees and a votive offering on a frieze from Arles depicts votive offerings of severed heads. It is possible that headhunting...

is believed the tradition comes from the ancient custom of leaving votive offerings in water. In Scots, a clootie or cloot is a strip of cloth or rag....

statues decorated in paint and jewels. An example of a kore used as a votive offering is the Antenor Kore that was dedicated by Nearkhos. Ancient Greeks...

including torches, keys, serpents, and daggers. Some hekataia, including a votive sculpture from Attica of the 3rd century BCE, include additional dancing...