It is embellished on its sides with intricate motifs of plants and birds, which represent a prayer for rain in the high, dry climate of New Mexico's desert.
They gave offerings of figurines that represented the gods they were praying to, or that symbolized the result they desired; thus a relief image of Hathor and a statuette of a woman could both represent a prayer for fertility.
As he put it, merz represented his "prayer for the victorious resolution of the war".
The water, representing the prayers of people for peace and healing, was poured into gourds.
The 3000 plus prayers represent widespread multifaith support for the Muslim American community in North Carolina and across the country.
To many, the 2008 election represented a fervent prayer for meaningful change in Washington, for restoration of the people's democracy and the end of corporate looting of the treasury.
The purity ring represented my parents' well-intentioned prayers for me, and while I loved that it symbolized that love was worth waiting for, I also hated that it led down such a straight and narrow aisle, for I imagined myself not with a husband but a wife.
A rosary is composed of a crucifix, 53 beads of one color to represent Hail Mary prayers, and 6 beads of another color to represent Our Father prayers.
An epilogue to each poem, asking for prayers for the author, contains runic characters representing the letters c, y, n, (e), w, u, l, f, which are thought to spell his name.
But she came to learn that each of the nails represented an oath or prayer — for example, a ritual prayer for the harvest or the resolution of a dispute between neighbors.
