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Libation (1289 bytes)
1: A '''libation''' is a [[ritual]] pouring of a drink as an offer...
3: ...red onto something of religious significance. The libation was very often poured on the ground itself, as an...
7: In [[Shinto]], the practice of libation and the drink offered is called ''Miki'' (&#31070...

Kebechsenef (604 bytes)
4: ...'. It probably means something like 'My Brothers' Libation'.

Vinalia (605 bytes)
1: ...; in the course of which war, that people vowed a libation to Jupiter of all the wine in the succeeding vint...

Patera (879 bytes)
3: ...ng, primarily in a [[ritual]] context such as a [[libation]].

Origins of Hungarian wine-making (841 bytes)
6: *''Áldomás'': "blessing", "libation"

Household deity (1258 bytes)
5: ...or be given [[sacrifice|offerings of food]] and [[libation|drink]].

Ghee (1309 bytes)
1: ...[[fat]] ([[butter]]). It is frequently used for [[libation]]s in [[vedic]] ritual (see [[Yajurveda]]).

Dziady (1484 bytes)
3: ...ast the ancient Slavs and Lithuanians organized [[libation]]s and ritual meals in which food and alcohol wer...

Qing Ming Jie (1797 bytes)
12: ...the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food and libation to the ancestors. The rites are very important to...

Utnapishtim (2087 bytes)
3: ...rn. Utnapishtim made a sacrifice and poured out a libation on the top of mount Nisir.

Ice cube (1957 bytes)
11: ...traditionally been viewed as unhealthy to drink a libation with ice. Many older Indians still refuse to use ...

Sama Veda (2213 bytes)
4: ...d with milk and other ingredients, was offered in libation to various deities.

Greek literature (2413 bytes)
30: ***[[The Libation Bearers]]

Aeschylus (5764 bytes)
13: **''[[The Libation Bearers]]'' (''Choephori'')
42: ...://www.textkit.com/learn/ID/50/author_id/5/ ''The Libation Bearers'']

The Oresteia (8135 bytes)
19: ==The Libation Bearers==
23: ''The Libation Bearers'' is the second play of the Oresteia. It ...
27: ...ions on Agamemnons' grave. A group of women (the Libation Bearers of the title) are to assist her.

Bowl (vessel) (2920 bytes)
8: ...t Pottery'' describes how phiales were used for [[libation]]s and included a small dent in the center for th...

Nike (mythology) (3528 bytes)
8: ...tanding alone, flying or striding, or pouring a [[libation]] over an altar. In some regions (particularly th...

The Persians (5054 bytes)
8: ...r on stage is in another play by Aeschylus, [[The Libation Bearers]]) goes on to explain that the Persians w...

Pottery of Ancient Greece (4817 bytes)
7: ... mixing wine and water), [[hydria]] (water jars), libation bowls, jugs and cups. Painted funeral urns have a...

Agamemnon (5480 bytes)
27: ... ''[[Agamemnon (play)]]''; [[Aeschylus]], ''[[The Libation Bearers]]''; [[Sophocles]], ''[[Electra]]''; [[Eu...

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