Home›Devotional Rituals›Addressed ToBrowse ByAddressed ToThis page groups rituals by the deity, spirit or power they are directed toward. Wikipedia notes that "activities appealing to supernatural beings are easily considered rituals, although the appeal may be quite indirect, expressing only a generalized belief in the existence of the sacred demanding a human response." Browsing this way lets a visitor find every ritual addressed to one particular deity or spirit, across whatever tradition performs it.FactsLearn MoreAddressed ToSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites whose purpose is the honouring of a deity, ancestor or holy figure - offering, praise, procession, service - performed by a congregation or by an officiant on its behalf. The grouping cuts across traditions with very different accounts of what the act does, from a sacrament held to convey grace to a meal shared with the dead. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1Learn MoreThe devotional rituals This group holds devotional rituals, the formal, repeated acts of worship and reverence directed toward the divine: liturgies, offerings, processions and the regular rites of the temple, church, mosque or home. Where devotional practices are the ongoing habit of piety, these are its structured ceremonial forms. The browser will find devotional rituals from various traditions. The entries describe each rite's order, purpose and setting, noting the tradition that performs it.Addressed ToFilter Results8 entriesDomain / FunctionAllBeauty (1)Childbirth (1)Compassion and mercy (1)Creation and cosmogony (3)Justice, law and oaths (2)Kingship and sovereignty (5)Love and desire (1)Marriage and the household (1)Motherhood (1)Music and poetry (1)Protection and guardianship (1)Rivers, lakes and springs (1)Sea and ocean (1)Seafaring and fishing (1)Sky (2)Storm and thunder (1)Sun (3)Era of Attestation End YearAll391 (3)400 (2)2026 (2)Era of Attestation Start YearAll2600 BCE (2)2400 BCE (1)840 BCE (1)600 BCE (2)500 BCE (1)712 (1)GenderAllBeyond gender (1)Female (3)Male (4)HistoricityAllLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical record (2)Not a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being (6)Status Within the TraditionAllGenuinely disputed within the tradition (1)Not formally addressed by this tradition (1)TheologyAllMonotheistic: one God (1)Polytheistic: many gods (7)Veneration TodayAllActively venerated in a living tradition (2)Historically attested; no continuous cult (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAmaterasuAddressed To1 entryGod (Abrahamic)Addressed To1 entryHathorAddressed To1 entryJunoAddressed To1 entryJupiterAddressed To1 entryKhepriAddressed To1 entryNeptuneAddressed To1 entryRaAddressed To1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. Worship and Devotional LifeView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.