divine offerings
Gifts for gods
Divine offerings are items given to gods, spirits, or sacred powers as acts of worship, gratitude, or supplication.
These may include food, drink, incense, flowers, or animal sacrifice, depending on religious tradition.
The practice appears across virtually all cultures and periods: The priest placed divine offerings on the altar.
The offerings acknowledge divine power and seek to maintain favor with supernatural forces.
- prayersReverent petitions to deity
- prayer beadsCounting aid for worship
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- promisesSworn statements of intent
- goldElement seventy-nine
libations · incense · sacred smoke · holy water · chants · gratitude · purification rites · food · first fruits · ritual feast · animal sacrifices · fire ceremonies · blood sacrifice · repentance · dances · flowers · candles · processions
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Favors granted by God
grace · divine favor · miracles · spiritual gifts · divine intervention
divine offeringssacrilege
Violation of the hallowed
desecration · profanation · blasphemy · impiety · iconoclasm
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