Great bonfires would mark a time of purification and transition, heralding in the season in the hope of a good harvest later in the year, and were accompanied with ritual acts to protect the people from any harm by Otherworldly spirits, such as the Aos Sí.

The Atharva Veda, representing an independent tradition markedly different from the other three Vedas, is a rich source parallel to the Vedic traditions of the Rig, Sam and Yajur Vedas, containing detailed descriptions of various kinds of magical rituals for different results ranging from punishing enemies, to acquisition of wealth health, long life, or a good harvest.

The development of niiname or the ( now ) Shinto harvest festival is attributed to this period as offerings for good harvests of similar format ( typically rice ) become common.

Each pitcher would bring a different fate if used on crops: one would bring forth a good harvest, another would rot it, the third would dry the harvest out and the final one would freeze it.

The maize harvest was again good in 2005, helping boost GDP and agricultural exports.

The most honest matronae were supposed to publicly crown the phallus with flowers, to ensure a good harvest and repeal the fascinatio ( evil eye ).

It was also because the virgins ' ritual concern extended to the agricultural cycle and ensured a good harvest that Vesta enjoyed the title of Mater Mother.

Forced grain quotas imposed upon the rural peasants and brutal terror contributed to the widespread famine despite the large grain harvest and good weather.

Sætere has been identified as either a god associated with the harvest of possible Slav origin, or alternately Sætere could be another name for Loki a complex deity associated with both good and evil.

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

This ceremony was believed to guarantee good weather for the coming year and thus a good harvest.

A ' fertile yoni ' meant a good harvest of crops.

The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for good harvest.

It was followed by Hannibal's defeat, the end of the Punic War and an exceptionally good harvest.

In the dark time of autumn people gave food for their dead relatives due to the " dying of nature " or as a thanks gesture for a good harvest during the summer.

However they are also reported to be " dogs of god " who fight sorcerers trying to steal flowers of grains, thus ensuring good harvest.

Ensuring good harvest was primary function of Jumis.

Thus, farmers and their families danced vigorously to ensure a good harvest.

She was responsible with bringing about good harvest to the crops.

The benefits of the harvest are redistributed in the village for common good as well as individual need-not as loan or charity, but as divine grace ( prasad ).

It is now a seven day celebration of a good year ’ s harvest.

These were annual events that were usually held for a short time, a week or two, to celebrate a good harvest.

Until the last year or so the profession of friendship with the United States had been an article of faith with Trujillo, and altogether too often this profession was accepted here as evidence of his good character.

But even so, he had a good year in 1960 and won't do too much better.

And yet, despite some disappointment with the performance of this first year of the new decade, 1960 has been a good year in many ways, with many overall measures of business having reached new peaks for the year as a whole.

The shift in sentiment from excessive optimism early in the year to the present mood of caution has probably been a good thing, in that it has prevented the accumulation of the burdensome inventories that have characterized many previous swings in the business cycle.

Separate phonographs also had a good year, reflecting the growing popularity of stereo sound and the same tendency on the part of the consumer to upgrade that characterized the radio-TV market.

Although the impact of these increases on our industry's shipments will be gradual, on balance I look for another good increase in shipments in the coming year, to at least $6 billion.

In sum, I look for another good year for the electronics industry in 1961, with total sales increasing about 7% to $10.8 billion, despite the uncertainties in the business outlook generally.

Returns for money and labor invested may be small even in a good year.

If a red Bordeaux of a good name and year is bitter or acid, or cloying and muddy-tasting, leave it alone for a while.

Similarly, a girl who graduates with a good working knowledge of stenography and the use of clerical machines and who is able to get a job at once may wish to improve her skill and knowledge by a year or two of further study in a community college or secretarial school.

The hearings were initially completed, with Thomas's good character being presented as a primary qualification for the high court because he had only been a judge for slightly more than one year.

These guns ( some of which were of the three barrelled kind first seen at Elixheim the previous year ) enjoyed good arcs of fire, able to fully cover the approaches of the plateau of Jandrenouille over which the Allied infantry would have to pass.

In the UK, it was a custom for tradesmen to collect " Christmas boxes " of money or presents on the first weekday after Christmas as thanks for good service throughout the year.

The Thatcher Conservative government declined to introduce amending legislation to make good the defect in the ' two year rule '.

In November of that year, after having secured Malacca and learning of the Bandas ' location, Albuquerque sent an expedition of three ships led by his good friend António de Abreu to find them.

There, Henry begged in the snow to be let back into the good graces of the Church, having been excommunicated the year before by Gregory.

Darwin was young and generally in good health, though six months previously he had been ill for a month near Valparaiso, but in 1837, almost a year after he returned to England, he began to suffer intermittently from a strange group of symptoms, becoming incapacitated for much of the rest of his life.

Mark Anderson, president of Strategic News Service, a research firm based in Friday Harbor, Wash. was quoted as saying The kind of goals he had sounded good to shareholders -- like being a $ 50 billion company by the year 2000, or to beat I. B. M.

The maximum shelf life of nitroglycerin-based dynamite is recommended as one year from the date of manufacture under good storage conditions.

He underwent surgery in December that year and started " a little bit of radiation therapy ... as a precaution but the prognosis looks pretty good ", as he reported in his video autobiography.

The magazines were titled by the year of children's studies, which included Yoiko ( good children ), Yōchien ( nursery school ), and Shogaku Ichinensei ( first grade of primary school ) to Shogaku Yonnensei ( fourth grade of primary school ).

1932 was not a good year for Republican candidates like LaGuardia, and the 20th Congressional district was shifting from a Jewish and Italian-American population to a Puerto Rican population.