Their functions are healing, performing religious ceremonies to call or pacify the spirits, telling the future and reading dreams, casting spells and creating protections and creating potions for purposes from love spells to death spells. 5. ... Almost every voodoo service has animal sacrifice. ... When they kill an animal, everybody have to drink that animal's blood. This animal symbolizes their gift for their God. ...
Anaya uses animals to symbolize intangible attributes such as good and evil. ... Tony realizes that in order to be successful, he must heed the warnings that come to him through nature, and his dreams. ... The connection that Tony makes between animals that live off the misfortune of others, and Tenorio, who holds vengeance toward others, is another step towards his realization of the world. ... Anaya uses animals to help Tony ease through the process of maturing, which Tony is forced to do in a short period. The animals help young Tony express his feelings through a medium that relates to ...
The only reason Gilgamesh was spared is that he was informed of the flood by Ea, the water god, through a dream. ... Meaning two of each animal, enough food for them and his family to eat for some time, and whatever grain was left over would be plant! ... So the animals were released and the group started a new civilization. ... He took from every animal and made burnt offerings on an alter he had created. ...
The only reason Gilgamesh was spared is that he was informed of the flood by Ea, the water god, through a dream. ... Meaning two of each animal, enough food for them and his family to eat for some time, and whatever grain was left over would be planted once the water receded, (Epic of Gilgamesh). ... So the animals were released and the group started a new civilization. ... He took from every animal and made burnt offerings on an alter he had created. ...
And when the Europeans' dream land of abundance, riches and ease finally found its vessel: the American continent, the collision between the western society and the America's native Indian society was already inevitable. ... 'Spiritual power, they believe, suffused the world, and sacred spirits could be found in all kinds of living and inanimate things- animals, plants, trees, water and wind- and idea known as "animism" '. ...
