Traditional Festivals: A Multicultural Encyclopedia, Volume 2This illustrated reference work covers a wide range of festivals that have sacred origins and are or have been part of a folk tradition, a world religion, or a major civilization. Traditional Festivals: A Multicultural Encyclopedia travels around the world and across the centuries to uncover an often unexpected richness of meaning in some of the major sacred festivals of the world's religions, the hallowed calendars of ancient civilizations, and the seasonal celebrations of tribal cultures. From Akitu to Yom Kippur, its 150+ entries look at the content and context of these festivals from a number of perspectives (including those relating to theology, anthropology, folklore, and social theory), tracing their historical development and variations across cultures. Readers will get a vivid sense of what each festival means to the people celebrating it; how each captures its culture's beliefs, hopes and fears, founding myths, and redemptive visions; and how each expresses the universal need of humans to connect their lives to a timeless spiritual dimension. |
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Page 293
... Sacrifice of the White Dog There could be no better way to begin the year than the sacrifice of a white dog to the Creator . For this animal was the faithful hunting com- panion of the Iroquois , and its spirit was best suited to convey ...
... Sacrifice of the White Dog There could be no better way to begin the year than the sacrifice of a white dog to the Creator . For this animal was the faithful hunting com- panion of the Iroquois , and its spirit was best suited to convey ...
Page 359
... sacrifice . The Sacrifice of the Paschal Lamb The custom of offering a lamb to God on the first day of Passover , on which the sacrificial symbolism of Easter and the Christian liturgy is based , has been preserved in amended form . by ...
... sacrifice . The Sacrifice of the Paschal Lamb The custom of offering a lamb to God on the first day of Passover , on which the sacrificial symbolism of Easter and the Christian liturgy is based , has been preserved in amended form . by ...
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... sacrifice at the Temple because they found themselves abroad or in a state of ritual impurity ( due to touching a dead body ) , there was even a " Sec- ond Passover " ( Pesah Sheni or Pesah Katan ) on the fourteenth of the following ...
... sacrifice at the Temple because they found themselves abroad or in a state of ritual impurity ( due to touching a dead body ) , there was even a " Sec- ond Passover " ( Pesah Sheni or Pesah Katan ) on the fourteenth of the following ...
Common terms and phrases
ancient Bahá'í birthday blessing calendar called Carnival celebrated century ceremony China Chinese Christ Christian Christmas Church cult custom Cybele dead deities Dionysia Divali divine Dragon Dusshera Easter Epiphany evil fast feast festival fire folklore Friday Games gifts girls goddess gods Greece Greek Gregorian Hindu holiday holy honor Indian Islamic Japan Jerusalem Jewish Jews king known Korea lunar Martinmas Matsuri Mawlid Midsummer Monday month moon Mother Muslim Naadam Naked Festival Navaratra Naw Ruz night observed offerings Òsun Panathenaea Paryushana Passover potlatch powwow prayer priest procession Prophet Puja Purim Ramadan References religious rice rites ritual Roman Rome Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hodesh Sabbath sacred sacrifice Saint George Saint Nicholas Samhain Saturday Saturnalia seasonal Sekku Shalako Shavuot shrine spirits spring Sukkot Sun Dance symbolic temple Thursday tion Torah traditional Tuesday Vaisakhi Vaishakha Vasant Panchami Vikram village Virgin Mary Wednesday week Whitsuntide women Year's Day Yom Kippur