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EP: 159 The Valley of The Shadow of Death with Derek Gilbert
Blurry Creatures
The Household Idols - The Terra Fiend
The possession of the household idols, the terra fiend, meant that whoever possessed them was the one who owned the family estate. If your descendants did not summon you to feed you bread and then pour out a drink offering so that you had something to drink in the afterlife, you ceased to exist. This type of ritual continues down to this day. You see it in Madagascar, where they take the ancestors out of the tomb. And then they go with the day of the dead. It's interesting because I'm trying to study on this as I still don't have my head around this stuff," he says.
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