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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...
- was in an
unfavorable position and his
ailment could be
cured only by
propitiating the
planet god Bṛhaspati. As
laymen would find
these rituals complex...
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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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described to be a pra****ati, one of the
progenitors of creation.
After propitiating Vishnu and s****ing his
counsel for a
suitable wife, he
marries Devahuti...
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goddess of the dead. Ovid's
Fasti includes a p****age
describing a rite
propitiating Dea
Tacita in
order to "seal up
hostile mouths / and
unfriendly tongue"...
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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...
- and the Gr**** gods
punished any
mortal who
harmed trees without first propitiating the tree-nymphs. (****ociated with Oak trees) The
dryads of the ash tree...
- year. The
Parentalia was a nine-day
festival honoring the
ancestors and
propitiating the dead,
while the
Terminalia was a set of
rituals pertaining to boundary...
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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...
- beings) Surapadman, Tarakasuran, and
Singamukhan performed austerities to
propitiate the
Hindu god Shiva.
Shiva granted them
various boons which gave them...
