Home›Sacrificial Rituals›Frequency›AnnualBrowse ByAnnualThis page groups rituals by how often they are performed, from a once-in-a-lifetime rite to one repeated on a fixed cycle. Wikipedia notes that "calendrical rituals give social meaning to the passage of time, creating repetitive weekly, monthly or yearly cycles." Browsing by frequency lets a visitor tell an annual festival apart from a rite performed only once in a person's life.FactsLearn MoreAnnualSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites in which something is given up by a prescribed procedure to a recipient the tradition names - an animal, grain, ghee, a substitute. The one English word covers acts with no common mechanism: a Vedic oblation poured into fire, a Norse blot and an Islamic qurbani whose meat is distributed to the poor answer to different accounts of what the giving does. 2OriginsWhose Classification This IsWell-attestedThe comparative category was built by successive theorists - Tylor's gift theory, Robertson Smith's communion, Hubert and Mauss's essay of 1898, later Girard and Burkert - each generalising from a different tradition. No one theory has been accepted as covering the field, and the category holds only loosely. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedUsed, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed 2Learn MoreThe sacrificial rituals This group gathers sacrificial rituals, the rites of offering, in which something of value (food, drink, animal or symbol) is given to the divine, whether in thanksgiving, petition, atonement or communion. Sacrifice is among the most ancient and widespread forms of religious act. The browser will find sacrificial rituals from across the traditions. The entries describe each rite's form and meaning, noting the tradition that performs it and the purpose the offering serves.AnnualFilter Results3 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll622 (1)1392 (1)Unesco StatusAllInscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (1)Closed Practice StatusAllClosed ceremonial knowledge, described but not reproduced (1)ObligationAllObligatory on those who meet its conditions (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (3)Social FormAllPerformed alone or together (1)Performed by a gathered group (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (1)Householders, those living in the world (1)Trained or authorised specialists (1)Native To RegionAllArabia (1)Korea (1)Originated InAllArabia (1)Korea (1)North America (1)Originates In LanguageAllClassical Chinese (1)Kind of ritualAllChinese and Korean State Ancestral Sacrifices (1)Indigenous Sacrificial Ceremonies and Sacred Games (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 3Jongmyo JeryeAnnualQurbaniAnnualSun DanceAnnualSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. SacrificeView 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.