sacrificial rite
Holy blood ceremony
A sacrificial rite is a religious ceremony in which something—an animal, food, or occasionally a person—is offered to a deity or supernatural power.
The offering is typically destroyed, consumed, or set apart from ordinary use.
Such rites appear across cultures and eras, from ancient temple altars to modern symbolic observances: The priest performed the sacrificial rite at dawn.
- AztecAncient Mexican civilization
- offeringSomething presented or given
- IphigeniaMycenaean princess nearly sacrificed
- altarSacred ritual table
- sacred fireReligiously significant perpetual blaze
holy smoke · oblation · sin offering · atonement · priest · Vedic · ancient ritual · blood · redemption · votive · firstfruits · kill the fatted calf · purification · animism · libation · high priest · temple · scapegoat
- Ancient entertainmentGreek tragedy, Greek comedy, amphitheater, chorus, mask
sacrificial ritedivine blessing
Sacred favor from deity
benediction · answered prayer · theophany · divine revelation · communion
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