Sentence examples for in ancestor from inspiring English sources

Domovoy, in Slavic mythology, a household spirit appearing under various names and having its origin in ancestor worship.

The practices of the megalith builders were probably rooted, to a considerable extent, in ideas about the dead and in ancestor cults to which their stones gave a particular durability and a monumental form.

Examples include the religious pictures used in ancestor worship; the spirit and soul idols of various local cultures in animism; the fetish, or charm, figures of West African fetishism; and the magical objects of hunter and agrarian cultures.

But there was a flurry when one of the young men at the demonstration, shirtless and wearing face paint and bead necklaces, squatted near the main escalator into HSBC's office tower and began setting fire to golden paper that is intended to be folded up and burned as golden nuggets in ancestor worship ceremonies at local temples.

The cocoon originated in ancestor X, where it protected the eggs from predators.

Let's say researchers have determined that the plesiomorphic function of the cocoon in ancestor X is to deter egg predation.

A powerful soulful singer, she's an exponent of maloya, the once-banned music still used in ancestor-worshipping trance ceremonies.

Instead, the traits were present in ancestors.

I find it much easier to believe in ancestors.

He adopts their mannerisms like a kid clomping around in ancestors' shoes, and seems quite as awkward doing so.

In Ancestors in Our Genome, molecular anthropologist Eugene E. Harris presents us with a complete and up-to-date account of the evolution of the human genome and our species.