He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it. And, in fact, it would seem that virtually every other culture to have engaged in this practice throughout history which judging by our research is virtually all of them ranging from the ancient Chinese to the indigenous Quechua people of South America all did this for basically the same reasons- in homage to various gods or the deceased.
Although some cultures certainly took this practice more seriously than others- our personal favourite being the Ancient Romans who created stone pimp chalices built into their tombs that mourners could pour wine into, as well as drop various food items in.
These chalices would even sometimes contain a sophisticated draining system, with these libation tubes funneling the alcohol or other item directly onto the corpse. According to one Dr. Romans believed that they had to keep the spirits of their ancestors content, otherwise they might become vengeful. Offering proper rituals and libations was a way to keep them happy. In the Western world this type of practice did see a sharp drop off with the rise of Christianity, though still endured across much of the rest of the world, including throughout Africa where it is still an extremely popular tradition even to this day.
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Get started for free. Facebook Twitter reddit. View more. Davide Astori Fiorentina captain Astori found dead aged 31 before match Fiorentina captain Davide Astori, a defender who has also been capped by Italy 14 times, has died, the club And now we begin to feel bad for hissing at people when they ask for a sip of our drinks…. Ancient Rome, unabashed copycat of Ancient Greece, also incorporated the practice of libation, both as an offering to the gods and as a means to honor the dead.
In fact, Roman tombs were sometimes designed as sarcophagi lidded massive stone sculptures of what looked like reclining, dining figures. Hard core, yes. It's Columbian. The Keldara have a ceremony involving circling the hill where they bury their warrior dead where the leader of the ceremony takes a bite of food or a sip of beer and tosses the rest down the hill in time with a chant.
It's directly compared to the Celtic Samhain. Live Action TV. The villain Gerrit Broda goes to the cemetery and talks in front of his father's grave about how he was never loved by him and how he always favoured his brother. He proceeds to "plant" stomp a flower pot into the ground and "water" throw a bottle of vodka on it. Bosch : The other two teen delinquents in Sharkey's street hustler crew pour some of their sodas out on the ground when they're informed that Sharkey is dead.
Joked about in Chappelle's Show. Man v. Food has Adam pouring marinara sauce after his partner in a competition vomits outside, thus forfeiting the challenge. An episode of Martin had Martin and his friends stranded in his apartment and they have to ration their water. Coal tips out a bit saying "For brothers who ain't here.
Randy in My Name Is Earl pours some chocolate milk in the memory of an old shop teacher. Parodied in Mystery Science Theater At the end of the Atlantic Rim episode, they decide to pour one out for everyone who died in the movie In one episode of NUMB3RS after the cops Finally Found the Body of a long-missing cop and close the book on what happened to him, the man's former commander ends the episode pouring whiskey onto the gravestone while lamenting about how the killer was right under his nose for all those years and recalling happy memories about the dead cop.
After the two were previously romantic rivals. Variation in The Pacific : Basilone and J. They order a third drink for their friend, who was killed in the same action where Basilone earned his Medal of Honor, and leave it on the table for him. When a Jerkass Aussie soldier fed up with the wild antics of the relaxing Marines tries to drink it, Basilone takes exception.
In Person of Interest at the end of "Provenance", Team Machine are sitting round a table having a drink. Reese pours an extra glass for Joss Carter. In the Scrubs episode "My Friend With Money", JD and Turk are reminiscing about a college friend who died from alcohol poisoning and pour some of their coffee out in his memory. In Sharpe , Riley is buried with a bottle of brandy. Which Harper digs out again.
Unknown whether this was intentional on the writers' part or not. Sisko and Ross pour their drinks onto the ground instead, as both libation and protest. Martok: "Before you waste too many tears, remember, these are Cardassians lying dead at your feet. Bajorans would call this 'poetic justice'.
Sisko: "That doesn't mean I have to drink a toast over their bodies. Boyz II Men : The music video. Professional Wrestling. Saluting with one, he left the other in the centre of the ring "for Owen".
Tabletop Games. Likewise, the game mentions that Sin-Eaters often make use of ofrendas , gifts to the dead - usually booze, but can include cigars, candy, or hell money - to gain the trust of ghosts. In Warhammer Fantasy , Snorri Whitebeard, the first High King of the Dwarfs, was entombed, with a tankard of ale set upon his sarcophagus. Clytemnestra sends libations and gifts to Agamemnon's grave in bad faith in Electra , but Electra persuades Chrysothemis not to take them and so dishonour their father.
Electra and her servants deliver offerings to Agamemnon's grave in the second part of the Oresteia trilogy, appropriately titled The Libation Bearers. In Heathers , Heather Duke and Heather Mc Namara , accompanied by Kurt and Ram, go out to the cemetery to pour a jug of Thunderbird over the grave of the recently deceased Heather Chandler, "y'know, from her homies," but Kurt and Ram end up drinking the booze instead.
Video Games. One sidequest in Chrono Trigger requires you to pour sake on the traveller Toma's grave. This was changed to pop in the US release and reverted in the re-translated DS version. Whatever the alcoholic content of the drink, though, pouring it on the grave reveals the location of the Giant's Claw, the dungeon that the treasure-hunting Toma had been seeking. Being Space Dwarves , the player characters of Deep Rock Galactic can revive fallen players by cracking open their canteens and pouring one out over the bodies of friends.
Since you play as blue-collar Asteroid Miners harvesting minerals for an unfeeling Mega-Corp while being swarmed by a Horde of Alien Locusts , the dwarves are all Functional Alcoholics and the contents of the canteen are inevitably some kind of booze.
During the pre-Graveyard interlude of Kingdom Hearts III , Lea's reprieve is atop the clock tower in Twilight Town with sea salt ice cream - a bar for himself to eat, and one to let melt for his absent friend. Comes up when you drink an ice-cold fotie in Kingdom of Loathing , after first pouring out some for your homies in the Pasta 'Lean. Tilting a fotie in the Ancient Hobo Burial Grounds wakens the angry dead — angry about the wasted booze.
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