...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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