-
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...
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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"...
- of
their villages from bandits, epidemics, and
natural disasters when
propitiated,
failing which they are
believed to
cause these afflictions. A gramadevata...
- and in all
parts of the country".
Devotees believe that if
Ganesha is
propitiated, he
grants success,
prosperity and
protection against adversity. Ganesha...
-
Sacrifice is an act or
offering made to a deity. A
sacrifice can
serve as
propitiation, or a
sacrifice can be an
offering of
praise and thanksgiving. Evidence...
- of the ****ociation
between human waste and agriculture) and have been
propitiated in a wide
variety of ways,
including making offerings,
invoking and appeasing...
- beings) Surapadman,
Singamukhan and
Tarakasuran performed austerities to
propitiate the
Hindu god Shiva.
Shiva granted them
various boons which gave them...
- 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...
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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...
