food offering
Altar meal gift
A food offering is something edible presented as a gift, sacrifice, or tribute—typically to a deity, spirit, or ancestor.
Religious traditions worldwide include food offerings: fruit left at shrines, bread and wine in Christian communion, or meals set out for the dead.
The term also applies to secular contexts: The potluck had an impressive spread of food offerings.
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- altarSacred ritual table
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- templeSacred worship structure
gods · harvest · harvest festival · feast · sacred meal · communion · breaking bread · oblation · burnt · sacred · shrine · devotion · firstfruits · grain · daily bread · wine · ceremonial · thanksgiving
- Dia de los Muertosofrenda, calavera, sugar skull, sugar skulls, marigolds
- grave goodsamulet, beads, bracelet, bracelets, bronze sword
- religious ritualspuja, darshan, aarti, incense burning, prostration
- Shintokami, torii, jinja, shintai, kagura
- Hindu Devotionpuja, darshan, aarti, mala, devotee
- hospitalityhotel, hotels, warmth, kindness, welcome
food offeringprayer
Address to deity
silent meditation · burnt offering · blood sacrifice · incense offering · incantation
food offeringeating
Ingesting sustenance
feasting · partaking · communion meal · meal
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