Worship of animals — Mythoi

Motif

Worship of animals.

Religion. · Religious services. · Religious services. · view the constellation · filed as V1.8

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LII LII. Killing the Divine Animal
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LIV LIV. Types of Animal Sacrament
Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter XI
Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter XV
Hermetic / Alchemical Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Volume I: Prolegomena , Chapter IX: Plutarch: Concerning the Mysteries of Isis and Osiris

Filed across the traditions

Jewish *Neuman.
general *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 28a

Within the index

Filed under Objects of worship.

11 finer motifs beneath it

Cow worship Horse worship Dog worship Swine worship Wolf worship Serpent worship Bird worship. (Cf. A132.6.1.) Dragon worship Lion worship Ass worship Fish worship

Filed beside it

Worship of particular gods and goddesses Worship of spirits Worship of ancestors Worship of heavenly bodies Worship of manifestations in nature Worship of elements of nature Worship of trees and plants. (Cf. A430, C51.2.2.) Worship of tools and implements Worship of fetish. (Cf. D1274.) Worship of idols. (Cf. Q558.12, V11.10.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Magic power from cleansing. (Cf. D1081, D1610.9, V1.8.)

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