ritual offering
Ceremonial gift given
A ritual offering is something presented to a deity, spirit, or sacred force as part of religious or ceremonial practice.
Offerings may be food, drink, incense, flowers, animals, or symbolic objects—given to honor, appease, or petition supernatural powers.
The act typically follows prescribed forms: The priest placed the ritual offering on the altar at dawn.
In some traditions, offerings are consumed by fire or left to decay; in others, participants share in eating what was offered.
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- sacred smokeRitually significant burning vapors
- propitiationAct of placating deity
- fireCombustion with flames
- ex-votoDevotional offering of gratitude
prayer · oblation · oil · lustration · atonement · sacred herbs · water · potlatch · gold coins · grain · flower · ceremonial dance · smoke · consecrate · temple priest · priest · gift · gods
- Filipino spiritsancestor spirit, guardian spirit, nature spirit, forest spirit, mountain spirit
- Paanbetel leaf, betel nut, supari
ritual offeringdivine blessing
Sacred favor from deity
divine gift · answered prayer · grace · divine intervention · theophany