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  2. Shin'a'in - Wikipedia

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    The Shin'a'in are notoriously clan-conscious, and do not normally have a great deal of contact with outsiders. Occasionally, however, one will swear the oath of She'enedran (Blood Brother/Sister) with an outlander. This oath involves each participant making a small, crescent shaped incision on their right palm and joining hands to mingle the blood.

  3. Bronson Pinchot - Wikipedia

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    Between 2009 and 2014, Pinchot narrated over 100 audiobooks. In 2010, Pinchot read the audio version of the novels Matterhorn and Blood Oath . For the Blackstone Audio collection Patricia Highsmith : Selected Novels and Short Stories, he provided a reading of several stories, including Strangers on a Train .

  4. Blood brother - Wikipedia

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    The blood oath was used in much the same fashion as has already been described in much of Sub-Saharan Africa. The British colonial administrator Lord Lugard is famous for having become blood brothers with numerous African chiefs as part of his political policy in Africa. A powerful blood brother was the Kikuyu chieftain Waiyaki Wa Hinga.

  5. Blood Oath - Wikipedia

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    Blood brothers participating in a "blood oath" ritual; Blood oath (Hungarians), a pact between the leaders of the seven Hungarian tribes; Penalty (Mormonism), an oath formerly made in Latter Day Saint temples, referred to by critics as a "blood oath"

  6. The Song of Achilles - Wikipedia

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    He is then obliged to take a blood oath in defense of her marriage to Menelaus. After Patroclus accidentally kills the son of one of his father's nobles, he is exiled to Phthia, where he meets Achilles, the son of Phthia's king, Peleus, and the sea nymph Thetis. They become close friends, and Patroclus develops feelings for Achilles.

  7. Jadzia Dax - Wikipedia

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    Later that season, Jadzia Dax joins a group of Klingons in a revenge quest ("Blood Oath"). In this episode, Curzon Dax is revealed to have been a Federation diplomat to the Klingon Empire, and to have sworn a blood oath against "the Albino" with the Klingons Kang, Koloth, and Kor. Jadzia takes up the blood oath, and against Sisko's wishes, she ...

  8. Blood ritual - Wikipedia

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    The blood ritual described in this passage is a key example of the use and significance of blood in biblical tradition. The ritual involves the sacrifice of animals and the division of their blood into two halves, with one half sprinkled on the altar, representing God, and the other half sprinkled on the people.

  9. Blood Oath (Farnsworth novel) - Wikipedia

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    Blood Oath is a novel published in 2010 by Christopher Farnsworth.It centers on three main characters: Nathaniel Cade, a vampire more than 160 years old, currently bound by a blood oath to serve and protect the President of the United States; former Federal Bureau of Investigation Agent William Griffin, or "Griff," Cade's handler for more than 30 years, and Zach Barrows, a former White House ...