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The tradition of food blessing at Easter, which has early-medieval roots in Christian society, possibly originated from a pagan ritual. [1] [2] The tradition is said to date from the 7th century in its basic form, the more modern form containing bread and eggs (symbols of resurrection and Christ) are said to date from the 12th century.
The Kojangi house blessing ceremony requires one fresh whole red fish, rice with azuki beans (sekihan), a small bottle of sake, an unopened bag of rice, and a new bag of rock salt. [13] ` In the Gurung culture of Nepal most families have a house blessing twice a year in March and October performed by a Lama priest.
South Slavs and non-Slavic peoples alike used to organise the Perperuna/Dodola ritual in times of spring and especially summer droughts, where they worshipped the god/goddess and prayed to him/her for rain (and fertility, later also asked for other field and house blessings). The central character of the ceremony of Perperuna was usually a ...
Eko Eko Azarak is the opening phrase from a Wiccan chant. It is also known as the "Witch's chant", the "Witch's rune", or the "Eko Eko chant". [1]The following form was used by Gerald Gardner, considered as the founder of Wicca as an organized, contemporary religion.
House Blessings: On Theophany the priest will begin making the round of the parishioner's homes to bless them. He will perform a short prayer service in each home, and then go through the entire house, gardens and outside-buildings, blessing them with the newly blessed Theophany Water, while all sing the Troparion and Kontakion of the feast.
Blaise of Sebastia blessing a herd of cows. A fragment of a 15th century icon from the Russian Museum. In Slavic folk tradition, Saint Blaise is the patron saint of cattle, [59] "washing milk from cows" at the end of winter. [60] Traditional representations of St. Blaise go back to the image of the Slavic cattle god Volos.
Norse religious worship is the traditional religious rituals practiced by Norse pagans in Scandinavia in pre-Christian times. Norse religion was a folk religion (as opposed to an organized religion), and its main purpose was the survival and regeneration of society.
Pagan ritual can take place in both a public and private setting. [70] Contemporary pagan ritual is typically geared towards "facilitating altered states of awareness or shifting mind-sets". [ 79 ] To induce such altered states of consciousness, pagans use such elements as drumming, visualization, chanting, singing, dancing, and meditation. [ 79 ]