This household deity was also the god of music, dance and pleasure.

See Household deity for the concept in religion and myth.

In this region she is a common household deity.

The god enjoys an exalted position as a household deity in Japan.

Offerings to household deities were part of daily life.

Excavated objects such as household deities, including one in the form of a horse, are shown here.

Captain Jim was not going to offend household deities by any lack of reverence and ceremony.

Certain species, or types, of household deities existed.

They worship household deities to maintain peace in their family and community worship for the welfare of the society.

For a host to murder a guest within his own home would be a sacrilege against the household deities, Piso claims.

They worship the household deity as cheemthrai.

The Gashin, or household deities, can also cause Dongti.

He is considered the weakest of the Gashin, the household deities of Korean mythology.

A household deity is a deity or spirit that protects the home, looking after the entire household or certain key members.

According to one of Faulkner's biographers, by the time William was born, his great-grandfather had "been enshrined long since as a household deity."

Gashin cult, the worship of household deities (Gashin)

The porridge was prepared by the women of the household at first light, with the first bowl offered to the family's ancestors and the household deities.

However, in Jeju Island, Munshin is the greatest of the household deities, or Gashin.

Statuettes of household deities were also cast with this type of material in Japan, and probably also in China.

It is also used to refer to spirits, including the household deities, deceased ancestors, nature-spirits nymphs and diwatas (dryads).

By the blessings of Sreekanteswara and the Household Deities, the family prospered and reached great heights.

"The Romans had household altars and shrines to household deities in rooms, in courtyards or out along the streets," he said.

Thus the household deity is prayed in the "Suwasani" room by the headman of each household for the welfare of the members of the family.

Ev iyesi is a household deity in Turkish mythology similar to the Slavic Domovoi.

Etrusco-Roman culture, developed from the Greek where each "gens" (family or house) had their own deified hero, prince or demi-god along with various household deities.