Search results for "Ancestor Worship" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • cults, including those centered on worship of the ancestors and of ... elements of Hinduism, Buddhism and indigenous ancestor cults. ...
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  • |observances = Ancestor worship, offering food (to monks as well ... [[Image:Ancestor worship003.JPG|thumb|250px|Food is offered to the ...
    19 KB (2,824 words) - 07:41, 24 January 2023
  • once its state religion. It involves the worship of kami, which can be translated ... as general cultural beliefs (such as ancestor worship, which is still very ...
    32 KB (5,118 words) - 14:16, 27 January 2023
  • many Koreans boast of having a yangban ancestor. Yangban ancestry can be ... cappings, weddings, funerals, and ancestor worship. Depending on social ...
    18 KB (2,756 words) - 10:10, 22 May 2023
  • [[Liao Dynasty|Liao]] funerary mask, an ancestor of the Kara-Khitans, 10 ... Khitan religion, which included fire worship and tribal customs, such ...
    11 KB (1,634 words) - 02:50, 5 October 2022
  • translated "Lord on High." Ancestor worship was also present, as ... from the faith placed in Shang Di. Ancestor worship became commonplace and ...
    21 KB (3,167 words) - 16:46, 10 December 2023
  • Christians could not participate in ancestor worship. This was in direct ... On the other hand, the Christian prohibition of ancestor worship put ...
    28 KB (4,148 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
  • genus, meaning descended from a common ancestor. The original meaning of ... stranger was expected to refrain from the worship of idols (Lev. 20:2, Ezek ...
    20 KB (3,103 words) - 06:50, 18 April 2024
  • celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles and worship God as their true king. ... bringing even the Gentiles to the proper worship of God at Jerusalem. ...
    16 KB (2,596 words) - 13:06, 13 February 2024
  • Queen Athaliah for the toleration of Baal worship. Joash, too, had later been ... As one of the Davidic kings, Uzziah is thought to be the ancestor ...
    10 KB (1,704 words) - 22:57, 13 November 2022
  • when the Magyar religion was a "blend of ancestor worship and paganism."Stephen Sisa, The Spirit of Hungary: A Panorama of Hungarian History ...
    14 KB (1,600 words) - 16:21, 13 January 2024
  • Devahuti in the philosophy of yoga and worship of Lord Vishnu, enabling ... King Sagara (Ocean) of Ayodhya, an ancestor of Rama, had performed the ...
    11 KB (1,609 words) - 02:49, 5 October 2022
  • #039;s descent from one paternal ancestor who in Hebrew tradition ... * No idolatry (foreign or strange worship) * To pray to YHWH ...
    22 KB (3,451 words) - 09:58, 11 March 2023
  • system of Confucianism and ancestor worship), Kim and his family led lives of deprivation and hardship. Although there were repeated efforts ...
    10 KB (1,631 words) - 17:52, 27 July 2023
  • in several distinctive forms of worship, and they are not perceived ... Ancestor worship is common in Africa and is an important part of religious ...
    41 KB (6,461 words) - 06:06, 16 June 2023
  • with a saint, or importance as a center of worship. The Latin word ... larger and more handsome edifices for worship than the furtive meeting ...
    21 KB (3,233 words) - 03:32, 1 January 2022
  • the twin sons Esau and Jacob and thus the ancestor of both the Edomites and ... them to do good deeds and establish godly worship and the giving of alms. ...
    18 KB (3,040 words) - 13:27, 6 March 2024
  • speak of Abotani, reputedly the original ancestor of the Apatani and the other tribes in central Arunachal Pradesh. Those tribes encompass the ...
    11 KB (1,672 words) - 05:57, 11 August 2023
  • #039;s dispersal, relating back to their ancestor's violent act in regard ... the native proto-Israelite traditions of worship at local shrines and high ...
    21 KB (3,292 words) - 22:17, 25 October 2022
  • earlier causewayed enclosure sites. Ancestor worship could have been one ... the site as a religious temple or place of worship. This dialog takes place ...
    18 KB (2,901 words) - 07:14, 23 August 2023

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