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  2. Rituals (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Rituals won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize [2] and the Pegasus Prize. It was published in an English translation in 1983 by Louisiana State University Press, which also published English translations of other works by Nooteboom through 1990. The novel was adapted as a 1988 French-language film with the same title, directed by Herbert Curiel. [3]

  3. Folklore of the Low Countries - Wikipedia

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    Netherlandish Proverbs (1559), by artist Pieter Brueghel the Elder, showing peasant scenes illustrating several proverbs. Folklore of the Low Countries, often just referred to as Dutch folklore, includes the epics, legends, fairy tales and oral traditions of the people of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.

  4. Ättestupa - Wikipedia

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    The name supposedly denotes sites where ritual senicide took place during pagan Norse prehistoric times, whereby elderly people threw themselves, or were thrown, to their deaths. [1] According to legend, this was done when old people were unable to support themselves or assist in a household.

  5. Rituals (film) - Wikipedia

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    Rituals is a 1977 Canadian horror-thriller film directed by Peter Carter, and starring Hal Holbrook, Lawrence Dane, and Robin Gammell. It centers on a group of doctors who are stalked and murdered while on a wilderness trip in remote Northern Ontario. The film was also released under the alternate title The Creeper.

  6. List of Book of the Dead spells - Wikipedia

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    It appears to be part of the text as a religious drama recited as a temple ritual. Here it is used simply as a magic spell. [47] 79. Spell for becoming an elder of the tribunal. [48] 80. Making transformation into a god and giving light and darkness. [48] 81A. Spell for being transformed into a lotus. [49] 81B. Spell for being transformed into ...

  7. The Satanic Rites of Dracula - Wikipedia

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    Dracula's hypnotic command brings them back under his control. He commands John Porter to break the vial, releasing the bacteria and immediately infecting the minister. Murray overpowers a guard in the computer room. The guard's metal baton smashes a computer panel, causing an explosion that starts a fire and unlocks the ritual room.

  8. Ritual - Wikipedia

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    A ritual is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, actions, or revered objects. [1] [2] Rituals may be prescribed by the traditions of a community, including a religious community. Rituals are characterized, but not defined, by formalism, traditionalism, invariance, rule-governance, religious symbolism, and performance. [3]

  9. Muti - Wikipedia

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    " Die dokter het 'muti' op die seerplek gesmeer en die volgende dag was dit heeltemal gesond." (The doctor rubbed muti on the wound and the next day it was completely healed.) " My dokter het vir my 'muti' verskaf vir my seer keel." ("My doctor gave me some muti for my sore throat.")