Sanskrit term, lit. an act performed with faith (śraddhā); in Hinduism, refers to rites for the dead.
1 How early the decay of ancestor worship began it is impossible to say.
2 Does the primitive tendency to ancestor worship in part explain this?
3 Religion is mainly ancestor worship or vague spirit worship; ghosts are propitiated with food.
4 From this same idea sprang ancestor worship , or the deification of the past vital spark.
5 One consequence of this ancestor worship is that enormous areas of China are covered with graves.
6 He also was the founder of ancestor worship .
7 Priestcraft.-Fromthe ceremonial of ancestor worship the thin end of the wedge of priestcraft was rigorously excluded.
8 Trace of ancestor worship among the Mafulu.
9 In the usages of family and community life, ancestor worship has a definite place, but an occasional one.
10 Consequently, ancestor worship , like the previously mentioned belief in the invisible spiritual world, underlies all other religious developments.
11 Tells about libans, or seers, a vital part of the whole African pattern of witchcraft & ancestor worship .
12 It's a form of ancestor worship .
13 Perhaps the nature gods, Jupiter, Venus, and the rest, existed alongside of ancestor worship from the earliest times.
14 Behind the fetish was the religion of ancestor worship , and the fetish is better understood as a religious symbol.
15 Slideshow (19 images) Other rituals blended with Buddhist practices such as ancestor worship or indigenous Shinto ceremonies.
16 Sons also were needed for ancestor worship , which was believed to be essential for bliss in a future life.
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