- A
libation is a
ritual pouring of a
liquid as an
offering to a
deity or spirit, or in
memory of the dead. It was
common in many
religions of antiquity...
- Eumenides). The
Oresteia trilogy consists of
three plays: Agamemnon, The
Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides. It
shows how the Gr**** gods
interacted with...
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leading parishes.
Evidence of
libationers can be
found as
early as 173 C.E.
Beginning in the 5th
century the term
libationer was
phased out in
favor of calling...
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killer whale. The
pointed end of the
ikupasuy is
known as the 'tongue'. The
libation process is
performed when the ikupasuy's ‘tongue'
placed into a lacquerware...
- Gr****: Σπονδη, romanized: Spondê, lit. '
libations') was the
seventh Hora (Hour) who
presided over the hour of
libations poured after lunch.
Sponde was sister...
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phiale (Ancient Gr****: φιάλη [pʰi.á.lɛː]) is a
shallow ceramic or
metal libation bowl. It
often has a
bulbous indentation (omphalos, "belly button") in...
- and milk was cooked. Some of the
mixture was
poured on the
ground as a
libation.
Everyone would then take an
oatmeal cake,
called a
bannoch Bealltainn...
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nephalia libations, as in alcohol-free offerings.
There is a do****ented
history of honey-based
libations (μελίσπονδα, melísponda),
including libations of mead...
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modern meters. The word
comes from the Gr**** σπονδή, spondḗ, '
libation'.
Sometimes libations were
accompanied by
hymns in
spondaic rhythm, as in the following...
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cultures today. Wine or
other alcoholic drinks are
often used for
libation.
Libation was part of
ancient Egyptian society where it was a
drink offering...
