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Propitiation is the act of
appeasing or
making well-disposed a deity, thus
incurring divine favor or
avoiding divine retribution. It is
related to the...
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administer religious rites; in particular,
rites of
sacrifice to, and
propitiation of, a
deity or deities.
Their office or
position is the "priesthood"...
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Bhatta had
performed the
ceremony at an inau****ious hour and
neglected to
propitiate the
spirits adored in the Tantra. That was why, he said, the
queen mother...
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Esoteric transmission Evocation Exorcism Initiation Invocation Meditation Propitiation Rite of p****age
Ritual purification Sacrifice Societies A∴A∴ Élus Coëns...
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offering food, or the
lives of
animals or
people to the gods, as an act of
propitiation or worship.
Sacrifice may also
refer to:
Sacrifice (painting), a 2013...
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lasting marriages.
After their departure, the
richer women of the
village propitiated the couple,
offering them a
choice of dishes.
Shiva asked his consort...
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possessions or the
lives of
animals or
humans to a
deity as an act of
propitiation or worship.
Evidence of
ritual animal sacrifice has been seen at least...
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temple deities are
taken out. The
holiday also
marks the
worship and
propitiation of
various deities, such as
Durga in
Himachal Pradesh,
Surya in Bihar...
- Lactantius,
Divine Institutes 1.11.1. Hewitt,
Joseph William (1908). "The
Propitiation of Zeus".
Harvard Studies in
classical Philology. 19: 61–120. doi:10...
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practised along with nat worship,
which involves elaborate rituals to
propitiate one from a
pantheon of 37 nats. In a
traditional village, the monastery...
