A '''ritual''' is a set of actions, performed mainly for their [[symbol]]ic value, whic
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...' (生剥) is the name for demons characters that are played during a Japanese ritual of the same name.
...a peninsula (Akita Prefecture in northern Honshu) that has originated as a ritual for cleansing people's souls, and for blessing the new year.
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Myths : He ate Moses who did not observe the ritual of circumcision
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Ahlmakohth plays an important part in the ritual as an amulet-dispenser. His nasal mucus is valued as an amulet for invulner
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...to her in the form of a priest but the ritual was held after penances. The ritual was enabled with a letter of confession, which also released the confessing
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If a bear had to be killed, a sacred ritual of Peijainen was held, and the bear's spirit in the form of its skull remai
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...y-foot" creatures, standing in a circle and chanting, as if in a religious ritual. One of them was beating a hollow tree trunk, as a drum; on their faces wa
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The ritual is based on activating the human energy centers or chakras, which hold the
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To get rid of an ustrel a vampire hunter called vampirdzija must perform the ritual of the need fire. On a Saturday morning, all the fires in the community are
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...ckthorn stave and copper wire that has never carried electricity. During a ritual process, the copper wire is bound to the stave with red thread and the stav
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A text like the ''Arya Tara Kurukulla Kalpa'' contains many ritual practices of lower magic to accomplish specific goals, for example:
*the use of cowrie shells in divination and ritual,
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...resent society, a huge fine is imposed and in top of this a special lumbay ritual must given in honor of Mangindusa.
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*It may be possible that this goat figure, Leonard, is related to the ritual described in Leviticus 16:8 concerning Azazel, or to the alleged deity of t
*He is also mentioned in Eliphas Levi's (1810-1875) ''Ritual of Transcendental Magic'' (published 1896), Chapter XV, "The Sabbath of the
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...teen years and is used by Sodo to give himself effective immortality. This ritual is conducted by a chosen dread doppelgänger, and is referred to by the Par
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...though not all, Satanic circles (and not technically a Satanist) would be ritual magician [[Aleister Crowley]], who referred to himself as "The Great Beast
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Naked and pure, she personifies the fertility of marine species. Through her ritual dance she provides the chilote (resident of Chiloé) with an abundance or d
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...h a cable after being buried up to their waists in the ground as part of a ritual. Suradji was arrested on May 2, 1997, after bodies were discovered near his
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*It was a ritual object in sacred ceremonies such as the New Fire ceremony, represented in t
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...ates between the spiritual and the earthly worlds or planes. It is through ritual that the king could bring the center axis into existence in the temples and
...ary experience following an elaborate bloodletting ceremony. She holds the ritual paraphernalia in her arms while the vision serpent rises from a bowl of blo
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...laden with symbolism, usually appearing in scenes relating to war and the ritual drinking of a prisoner's blood. One theory suggests that the ulluchu, part
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...uman remains found in the peat bogs of northern Europe and are evidence of ritual human sacrifices made to placate the fae who dwelled within the bogs.
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...Tantra'', thirty-six yakshinis are described, including their mantras and ritual prescriptions. A similar list of yakshas and yakshinis is given in the Tant
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...to others. As a term, "black magic" is normally used to describe a form of ritual that some group or person does not approve of. Not everything that is calle
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...g them into a hole in the grave. If the vampire problem is not solved, the ritual must be repeated or the body will have to be exhumed and cut into pieces.
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...of some bird like a turkey or a vulture. The tlahuelpuchi has to perform a ritual before she can enter the house of a victim. The tlahuelpuchi must fly over
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...m of a body wrapped in a coffin cloth. The legend originated from a burial ritual in Islam where the body was covered with a white coffin cloth known as the
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...of an alcoholic beverage that was important in Aztec ceremonies as both a ritual drink and a sacrificial offering.)
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According to Matthäus Prätorius, a ritual called žemyneliauti was performed during major celebrations or agricultura
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* Ritual offerings and rites of exorcism performed at the site of the grave.
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...this change when the baby grows up in just a few months. One must do this ritual in order to unmask the xanín: some pots and egg shells are to be put near
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A protective ritual during this time was to stir the ashes in the hearth of the house with two
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...o the occult is the use of a focus. A focus may be a physical object, a [[ritual]]istic action (for example, [[meditation]] or chanting), or a medium in whi
...their chosen students). These studies do not conform to mainstream Jewish ritual; charms and protections were often crafted as wards against evil, but it is
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...the legend of androgyny. According to Herodotus, their young women held a ritual battle with sticks and stones annually with neighboring Auseans.
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...u also played an important role in the development of the Japanese funeral ritual. The deceased were often said to be in danger of falling into hell, and it
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...nergetic kid. His dad was cured. That day his dad performed at their usual ritual of jumping through the ring of fire on his motorcycle. But as he went airbo
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...d at Çorum-Bogazköy, the former Hittite capital Hattusha. The context is a ritual of the Hattian spring festival of Puruli.
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As Kris Kershaw has documented in 2001, the ritual re-enactment of the [[Wild Hunt]] was a cultural phenomenon documented amon
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...are to do with burning such as the symbolic burning of witches. The Shurpu ritual allows us to banish Rabisu described as "a demon that springs unawares on i
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...hile the Ahuras make efforts to protect the sacred cattle. In later Vedic ritual, the asuras and devas are frequently portrayed as fighting with one another
...ated that two clans or sub-tribes would compete in making the most perfect ritual offering to the gods, seeking to outdo their peers in beauty of hymns sung,
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...der to placate Sekhmet's wrath, her priesthood felt compelled to perform a ritual before a different statue of her on each day of the year, leading to it bei
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...from their bodies and distributed to members of the society. In theory the ritual cannibalism would strengthen both members of the society as well as their e
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...ish by [[Arthur Edward Waite]] as ''Transcendental Magic, its Doctrine and Ritual''. Its famous opening lines present the single essential theme of [[Occult|
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...was driven forth into the wasteland of 'Alini'; "we" in the report of the ritual involves the whole community. Such 'elimination rites', in which an animal,
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...d (see also Chalmecatl). The worship of Mictlantecuhtli sometimes involved ritual cannibalism, with human flesh being consumed in and around the temple.[1]
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*Ritual
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...r inherent in the first kill of a boy and it was "neutralized" by a public ritual, in which the each adult member of the community had to make an incision in
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Ritual meditations on the tantric deity, Vajrakīlaya, constitute one of the major
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...is to going there. Taoists get rid of these hungry ghosts by performing a ritual. They will pray/chant and offer food and other things to the hungry ghosts,
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...ckthorn stave and copper wire that has never carried electricity. During a ritual process, the copper wire is bound to the stave with red thread and the stav
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...s (Burkert III.3.3) "is deeply rooted not only in poetry but in belief and ritual; the worship of these deities is limited only by the fact that they are ins
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...f yogic or tantric Buddhism, the head of a makara appears on the handle of ritual implements such as the dorje and the tigu, although it is often explained i
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...s his personal likes and dislikes, distinct sacred rhythms, songs, dances, ritual symbols, and special modes of service.
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...locks to the local naiad of the spring. In places like Lerna their waters' ritual cleansings were credited with magical medical properties. Animals were ritu
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* Theodor Gaster, trans., ''Thespis: Ritual, Myth & Drama in the Ancient Near East'' (New York: Harper & Row, 1966), 11
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*Amaburakosagi - ritual disciplinary demon from Shikoku
*Amamehagi - ritual disciplinary demon from Hokuriku
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...at the Penanggal was once a beautiful woman or priestess, who was taking a ritual bath in a tub that once held vinegar. While bathing herself and in a state
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...mised their armpits and their waists in exchange for fire which is how the ritual of cutting open a person’s breast in sacrifice came to be.
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After carrying out his post-murder ritual of cleaning and clearing the scene, Ireland set fire to the flat and left.
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An ancient ritual method, known from the African Rite, was called '''exsufflation''' 'blowing
...it may be, with a legitimate religious rite". Things listed in the [[Roman Ritual]] as being indicators of possible demonic possession include: speaking fore
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...ho deliberately tries to accomplish the same with psychoactive potions and ritual is considered a [[shaman]] in many societies around the world.
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It is possible to trace Christian ritual and prayer and its subsequent mutant forms of utility and healing prayer/sp
Eliphas Levi, in his book ''Dogma et Ritual'', states that necromancy is the evoking of aerial bodies. (page 64)
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...dealing with [[magic]], religion, benevolent and harmful [[spirit]]s, and ritual; and these ideas do not find obvious equivalents in other cultures.
...eated as [[superstition|superstitious]]. Such religions consider their own ritual practices to be not at all magical, but rather simply variations of prayer.
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...en in many places around the world. Some societies, such as the Moche, had ritual hematophagy, as well as the Scythians, a nomadic people of Russia, who had
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*An alternate Bakweri initiation ritual is the Liengu la Mongbango. If a young girl disappears into the bush, her f
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#They get frustrated with systems that are ritual-oriented and don't require creative thought.
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...anus" and Latin slang for both "sore anus" and later "vagina". A fertility ritual involving twigs and sap from the male fig tree was carried out by Roman mat
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...d between traditions. Typically the main religious principles, ethics and ritual structures are shared, since they are key elements of both traditional teac
...craft]], which does not of itself imply any specific religious, ethical or ritual elements, and is practiced in various forms by people of many religions, as
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...offer bundles of reeds, meadow grasses and yellow flowers to Manannán in a ritual "paying of the rent", accompanied with prayers for his aid and protection i
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...epresentative, Sage, Galen acts the part of the Green Man in the fertility ritual with Merry which results in Maeve Reed becoming pregnant.
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...eloquently Jane Ellen Harrison, have argued that an initiatory or shamanic ritual underlies the myth of [[Dionysus]]'s dismemberment and cannibalism by the T
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The Jewish exorcism ritual is performed by a rabbi who has mastered practical Kabbalah. The ceremony i
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...e into the greater mysteries. Often the experience would entail the use of ritual substances that put the aspirant into an altered state in which he or she c
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To finish the preventative ritual, iron nails are driven deeply into the arms and legs of the corpse, effecti
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...most important of these rituals was the Opening of the Mouth ritual. This ritual was meant to reopen the mummy’s eyes, mouth, and ears so that the Mummy w
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...omancy]] powers of undead are sought after by the participant of a magical ritual that turns them from a living being to a lich. Ghosts are said to be kept
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...ets, anklets, and sacred thread (yajnopavita). He wears a tiger skin and a ritual apron composed of human bones. Bhairava has a dog as his divine vahana (ve
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*the use of [[wand]]s and other ritual tools;
...tantism proved a worse foe to magic by undermining belief in the sort of [[ritual]]ism that allowed religious rites to be re-purposed towards earthly, magica
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...alves were discovered in a clearing, grotesquely mutilated as if part of a ritual sacrifice.
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...m is found in the ''[[Book of Eibon]]'' and requires a blood offering. The ritual may only be performed in the deep of the woodlands at the darkest of the mo
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...ntaminated" or not checking the lock at all; again, without performing the ritual behavior of washing or checking.
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...of exorcism was placed under strict guidelines by Pope Paul V in the Roman Ritual (12, 13). Further definition came in the early Twentieth century from Pope
The excesses of unsubstantiated allegations made in the Satanic Ritual Abuse phenomena of the 1980s and 1990s has also prompted critical reviews.
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...al and sued Crowley for infringement after Crowley's public display of the ritual. While the public trial continued, both Mathers and Crowley claimed to cal
...will, and of constantly directing ones thoughts to a given object through ritual. In his 1903 essay, ''Science and Matter'', Crowley urged an empirical appr
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...well as pouring wine three times on their grave and leaving food. An older ritual is for the living family to prepare a grand feast for their dead relatives
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...bton's aged father) manages to sedate the creature in what becomes a daily ritual of offering the worm milk of nine good cows, twenty gallons, or a filled wo
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''Ritual myths'' explain the performance of a certain [[Ritual|religious practice]]s or patterns and associated with [[temple]]s or center
...myth: "True myth may be defined as the reduction to narrative shorthand of ritual mime performed on public festivals, and in many cases recorded pictorially.
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...was able to give her a child due to Merry and Galen performing a fertility ritual.
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...pite his rare and inflammatory motives, Franklin's complete lack of murder ritual has excluded him from [[:Category:Popular culture|pop culture]] reference,
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...Nine Hells, and soon after, Asmodeus promoted him to devilhood in a dread ritual. Baalzebul climbed the ranks of devilry, eventually becoming Lord of the Se
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...was able to give her a child due to Merry and Galen performing a fertility ritual. Merry and her guards now live on her property.
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...fortune at cards are good examples. A few accidental connections between a ritual and favorable consequences suffice to set up and maintain the behavior in s
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...ractice of putting on the tanned skins of women as an "insane transvestite ritual."[http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/notorious/gein/bill_1.html] Ge
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...es the older tradition of '''Trick-or-treating''' in Ireland and Scotland, ritual begging on Halloween does not appear in English-speaking America until the
*Rogers, Nicholas ''Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night'', Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0195146913
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The word's first appearances are in ''Leviticus 16'', when in the ritual for Yom Kippur the scapegoat is to be taken to Azazel and cast into the wil
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...before retreating into the skies. However, after completing this gruesome ritual, a peryton's shadow would again match its own body, and it would be free to
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...to find the concept of mysticism redundant, non-traditional knowledge and ritual are considered as [[Esotericism]], for example [[Buddhism]]'s [[Vajrayana]]
..., usually following a [[vision quest (mysticism)|vision quest]] or similar ritual. Mystical philosophies thus can exhibit a strong tendency towards [[syncret
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...metimes carried out the sacrifices themselves, which involved the use of a ritual spear. By the time the Poetic Edda came to be compiled in the late 12th or
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...cking their victims without warning, and will typically perform whatever [[ritual]]s they feel compelled to carry out (e.g., [[necrophilia]], [[mutilation]],
...rder to terrify him into not telling their parents.{{citation needed}} The ritual he performed with his victims would negate the humiliation he felt from his
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The literary myth satisfied a Hellenic interpretation of Minoan myth and ritual. According to this, before Minos became king, he asked the Greek god Poseid
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...kimono used in Edo period funeral rituals. In Shinto, white is a color of ritual purity, traditionally reserved for priests and the dead. This kimono can ei
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...ked out, Christie choked her to death, and raped her post-mortem. It was a ritual Christie would continue for the rest of his life.
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