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HistoryThe more archaeologists examine this temple find, the less it looks like ritual gear: inside the Thracian bronze puzzle CharmsA Man Took a Hidden Prayer to Jesus to His Grave—It Could Rewrite Christianity’s Origin Story Witch-huntsFive Places Worth Visiting In Salem This Halloween Season Stage magicHoudini Lecture and Magic Show come to Austin College FestivalsHermiston High School hosts Day of the Dead event FestivalsCongee: Comforting spirits during the hungry ghost festival CharmsBangkok noodle shop owner survives wrecked pickup, credits sacred amulet FestivalsLongmont Hosts 26th Anniversary of Colorado’s Longest-Running Day of the Dead Celebration Living traditionsThe humanistic beauty in the Su Khon Khoai ceremony of the Lu people.CharmsMichelline Syjuco: Return of the savant-garde HistoryThe more archaeologists examine this temple find, the less it looks like ritual gear: inside the Thracian bronze puzzle CharmsA Man Took a Hidden Prayer to Jesus to His Grave—It Could Rewrite Christianity’s Origin Story Witch-huntsFive Places Worth Visiting In Salem This Halloween Season Stage magicHoudini Lecture and Magic Show come to Austin College FestivalsHermiston High School hosts Day of the Dead event FestivalsCongee: Comforting spirits during the hungry ghost festival CharmsBangkok noodle shop owner survives wrecked pickup, credits sacred amulet FestivalsLongmont Hosts 26th Anniversary of Colorado’s Longest-Running Day of the Dead Celebration Living traditionsThe humanistic beauty in the Su Khon Khoai ceremony of the Lu people.CharmsMichelline Syjuco: Return of the savant-garde

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Hōryū-ji

1 entry tied to Hōryū-ji.

KindTradition Rite Charm Oracle Substance Being Figure Text Illusion Belief

PurposeProtection Healing Seeing and foretelling Luck and prosperity Love and attraction Cursing and harm Cleansing and purification Speaking with spirits and the dead Change and initiation Binding and oaths Power and authority Wonder and entertainment

WhoShamans Folk healers Priests and ritual specialists Witches, sorcerers and cunning folk Diviners and readers Mediums and the possessed Ceremonial magicians and alchemists Households and ordinary people Stage magicians Scholars and sceptics

BeliefHindu and Tantric Buddhist Jain Muslim and Sufi Jewish Christian Sikh Zoroastrian Shinto and Taoist Indigenous and shamanic African and Afro-diasporic Pagan and Neopagan Esoteric and occult Folk and village custom Secular and stage Other traditions

OccasionWeddings and betrothal Festivals Birth and childhood Death and remembrance Harvest, farming and weather New year Initiation and coming of age Illness and misfortune Journeys and voyages Everyday use

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🇯🇵 JapanNingyo人魚 A Japanese water creature with a human head or torso and a fish's bodyBeing · Luck and prosperity Legendary

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