altar offerings
Sacred ritual deposits
Altar offerings are items placed on an altar as gifts to a deity, spirit, or sacred purpose.
These may include food, drink, flowers, incense, or symbolic objects, depending on religious tradition.
The practice spans cultures from ancient sacrifice to contemporary worship: She arranged the altar offerings before morning prayers.
The phrase emphasizes the ritualized, devotional nature of the giving.
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- cupSmall drinking container
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- incense burnerVessel for aromatic smoke
- waterClear essential liquid
prayer · prayer beads · chanting · salt · fasting · sacrifice · blood sacrifice · grain · oblation · consecration · libation · holy water · wine · atonement · propitiation · peace offering · candles · votive candle
- meditationbreathing meditation, breath, breath meditation, mantra, breathing
- ancient religiongods, goddesses, pantheon, deity, polytheism
- Chinese folk religionfolk religion, folk beliefs, ancestral worship, Chinese temples, joss sticks
- folk craftsbasketry, basket weaving, quilting, quilts, embroidery
- offeringsburnt offering, sin offering, peace offering, oblations, libations
- Buddhist practicespuja, prostrations, incense offering, meditation retreat, temple worship
altar offeringsworldly goods
One's material property
private property · mammon · earthly possessions · household items · everyday objects