Search results for "Ancestor Worship" - New World Encyclopedia
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- non-Christian religion, which involves ancestor worship and spiritual intercession; the Mbira Dza Vadzimu, which means "Voice of the Ancestors ...26 KB (3,749 words) - 06:06, 13 June 2023
- of India was thought to have been the ancestor of European Classical cultures ... Vedic peoples represented a form of nature worship, an idea clearly influenced ...30 KB (4,499 words) - 00:55, 9 November 2022
- may have evolved from a common lizard ancestor that was venomous, from ... The axial skeleton of the snakes' common ancestor had, like most ...54 KB (8,016 words) - 05:10, 13 October 2022
- as a religious offering is usually limited to ancestor veneration and worship of village deities. Vegetarian deities, such as the Buddha, are not ...29 KB (4,637 words) - 15:23, 10 December 2023
- was characterized by, for example, the worship of gods in groups of three ... Glas who is credited as the eponymous ancestor of the Gaels and creator ...52 KB (7,483 words) - 20:49, 17 April 2023
- is a pantheistic system, centering on the worship of "Heaven" as ... Ancestor worship was a major religious practice shared among all Chinese ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- to the biblical patriarch Tirash, the ancestor of the Thracians and Etruscans. ... Etruscan religious ritual and worship also influenced Rome's ...35 KB (5,526 words) - 04:38, 22 March 2024
- ceremonial rites of Confucianism and ancestor worship were primarily social ... lived, worked and held property jointly; worship often included speaking ...58 KB (8,323 words) - 21:09, 10 December 2023
- of the Puru lineage, was the eponymous ancestor of the Kurus and the founder ... * Fergusson, James. The Tree and Serpent Worship: Illustrations of ...50 KB (7,467 words) - 05:25, 5 November 2022
- dead are venerated; this is commonly called ancestor worship. Funeral rites can be traced back to the most primitive of societies. In the Shanidar ...37 KB (6,189 words) - 14:58, 3 December 2023
- Serbs, Radovan Karadzic, whose own ancestor, Vuk Karadñic (1787-1884 ... vestiges of a group, such as places of worship, cemeteries, and cultural ...36 KB (5,522 words) - 14:58, 9 February 2022
- practice other Han Chinese customs, like ancestor worship at graves. The Uyghurs of Hunan do not speak the Uyghur language, instead, they speak Chinese ...35 KB (5,059 words) - 20:30, 23 March 2024
- Arabs believed to be their common ancestor. Adnan in turn is said to ... that Muhammad had never taken part in idol worship (just as Abraham kept himself ...64 KB (10,057 words) - 01:48, 11 March 2023
- Natural theology can thus be considered the ancestor of today’s ... to that belief. Henotheists, for example, worship only one of the many gods ...73 KB (11,277 words) - 04:18, 24 November 2022
- quot; and he became the eponymous ancestor of the line. In it were ... site of their grandest architecture. The worship of Lajja Gauri, the fertility ...41 KB (5,966 words) - 01:14, 4 December 2023
- adopted solely to perform the duties of ancestor worship.Werner F. Menski, Comparative Law in a Global Context: The Legal Systems of Asia and Africa ...42 KB (6,335 words) - 06:13, 15 June 2023
- tend to condemn them to be superstitions or demon worship that should be abandoned. Many of the Christian churches are influential in politics. The best ...38 KB (5,416 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
- such as its unique cuisine and ancestor worship. ==Sports== [[Image:Taekwondo Fight 01.jpg|thumb|300px|Taekwondo sparring match.]] ...42 KB (5,837 words) - 16:22, 6 March 2024
- King Gesar is considered the founding ancestor of the Kham Tibetans. Linguists ... offenses are not allowed to return to their worship. ===Language=== ...62 KB (9,319 words) - 23:23, 30 April 2023
- account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers ... prove that Jefferson himself was their ancestor. Three studies were released ...48 KB (6,926 words) - 21:19, 30 April 2023
