-
expiation rather than
propitiation: "God himself, says St Paul, so far from
being wrathful against us, or from
needing to be
propitiated,
loved us
enough to...
- god of pre-Christian Ireland.
According to
Christian writers, he was
propitiated with
human sacrifice and his
worship was
ended by
Saint Patrick. He is...
-
administer religious rites; in particular,
rites of
sacrifice to, and
propitiation of, a
deity or deities.
Their office or
position is the "priesthood"...
- of the ****ociation
between human waste and agriculture) and have been
propitiated in a wide
variety of ways,
including making offerings,
invoking and appeasing...
-
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...
- as
protective spirits, as one
would propitiate them for protection. For example, to
protect infants one
propitiated a
number of
deities concerned with...
-
Hiranyakashipu decided to gain a boon of
invulnerability by
performing tapas to
propitiate Brahma.
After his
subjugation of the
three worlds, he was
slain by the...
- the name Anjana. For a long time, the
couple were childless.
Anjana propitiated Vayu for a child. In
Shaiva tradition,
Shiva was
requested to
beget a...
- of
lower classes, refugees, and
plans developed by thieves. She was
propitiated by
libations poured with the left hand. The poet
Horace and the playwright...
-
lasting marriages.
After their departure, the
richer women of the
village propitiated the couple,
offering them a
choice of dishes.
Shiva asked his consort...
