ancestor worship

Summary

ancestor worship is a religious behaviour^[1]. It draws 1,096 Wikipedia views per month (religious_behaviour category, ranking #2 of 10).^[2]

Key Facts

• ancestor worship's instance of is recorded as religious behaviour^[3].
• ancestor worship is a type of cult^[4].
• ancestor worship is a type of worship^[5].
• ancestor worship is a type of veneration of the dead^[6].
• ancestor worship's Commons category is recorded as Ancestor worship^[7].
• ancestor worship's dedicated to is recorded as ancestor^[8].
• ancestor worship's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ancestor worship^[9].
• ancestor worship's described by source is recorded as The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought^[10].
• ancestor worship's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[11].
• ancestor worship's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[12].
• ancestor worship's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• ancestor worship's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• ancestor worship's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[15].
• ancestor worship's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[16].
• ancestor worship's practiced by is recorded as Ombiasa^[17].

Body

Definition and Type

ancestor worship's instance of is recorded as religious behaviour^[3]. Recorded subclass of include cult^[4], worship^[5], and veneration of the dead^[6].

Why It Matters

ancestor worship draws 1,096 Wikipedia views per month (religious_behaviour category, ranking #2 of 10).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]