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Ancient Midretassenes worshiped and otherwise dealt with divinities associated with the local household. The two main kinds were the ninois and the gagois. A ninos was a protecting household god, either male or female (nina) which watched over the household, sometimes a particular aspect of the household, such as the father and mother, the children, the grandparents, the hearth, the front door, or the strongbox. These divinities were often represented with little statuettes in the household shrine. The ninois were propitiated regularly, often once a day and also with special gifts on sacred holidays every year. The gagois were mischievous household deities, thought inherited from the previous occupants of the house, who could be bribed into helping the family or at least not antagonizing it. Without little offerings of food, a gagos might hide belongings or make noise at night. | Ancient Midretassenes worshiped and otherwise dealt with divinities associated with the local household. The two main kinds were the ninois and the gagois. A ninos was a protecting household god, either male or female (nina) which watched over the household, sometimes a particular aspect of the household, such as the father and mother, the children, the grandparents, the hearth, the front door, or the strongbox. These divinities were often represented with little statuettes in the household shrine. The ninois were propitiated regularly, often once a day and also with special gifts on sacred holidays every year. The gagois were mischievous household deities, thought inherited from the previous occupants of the house, who could be bribed into helping the family or at least not antagonizing it. Without little offerings of food, a gagos might hide belongings or make noise at night. | ||
| − | Today, many Tassans and people in related countries, like [[ | + | Today, many Tassans and people in related countries, like [[Lucacia]], [[Ferruvicar]], and [[Tinchozzo]], worship household saints in form of low or vulgar Arathracianism. |
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Ancient Midretassenes worshiped and otherwise dealt with divinities associated with the local household. The two main kinds were the ninois and the gagois. A ninos was a protecting household god, either male or female (nina) which watched over the household, sometimes a particular aspect of the household, such as the father and mother, the children, the grandparents, the hearth, the front door, or the strongbox. These divinities were often represented with little statuettes in the household shrine. The ninois were propitiated regularly, often once a day and also with special gifts on sacred holidays every year. The gagois were mischievous household deities, thought inherited from the previous occupants of the house, who could be bribed into helping the family or at least not antagonizing it. Without little offerings of food, a gagos might hide belongings or make noise at night.
Today, many Tassans and people in related countries, like Lucacia, Ferruvicar, and Tinchozzo, worship household saints in form of low or vulgar Arathracianism.
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