History Main / PrayerPose

* ''Art/SevenVirtues'': The painting with the AnthropomorphicPersonification of ''Faith'' is simply a praying woman with joined hands looking up to the heavens.

* Lampshaded in ''Literature/DeceptionPoint'', where the main character notes that the others might think she's doing this when they're left for dead on an ice flow but [[spoiler:is actually preparing to tap out morse code since she knows that the organisation she works for has a listening post (although they're actually saved by a passing submarine that was investigating all the activity that lead to said stranding)]].

* Played straight in ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' when Asuna prays over Kazuto's body when Kazuto is fighting for his life in Gun Gale Online against Death Gun [[spoiler: who he defeats when he remembers him as Red Eyed Zaza]]. Even Yui takes on this pose and prays for Kazuto's safety.
* Asia, Xenovia, and Irina are all frequently seen doing this in the ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' anime. Logical enough, since they're actually practising Christians. For Asia and to a lesser extent Xenovia, this is normally followed by clutching their head, having forgotten that trying to invoke the divine while [[DevilInDisguise being a devil]] results in a headache of divine retribution.

* Creator/AlexandreCabanel's ''Art/TheFallenAngel'': {{Subverted}}. Lucifer has his hands clasped but he's not holding them in front of his chasted but very skewed to his [[SinisterClue left]]. This indicates that even if he's hurting for having betrayed God, he no longer keeps God close to his heart nor is going to obey him anymore.

The people in the bottom row of ''Freedom from Worship'' (''Art/FourFreedoms''). The Catholic woman is clasping a rosary in her hands, while the Protestant woman and a man behind her of indeterminant religion have their palms clapped together.

* Alsanna, the Silent Oracle in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'' has this pose. Along with sitting on her knees, it helps hide the fact that she has AbsoluteCleavage that is ''not'' meant to be sexy.

* ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur IV]]'': often invoked by Sophitia in her [[VictoryPose victory poses]], including one where she kneels and clasps her hands together, bowing her head, as she implores the gods for their divine protection.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. When Aeris/Aerith is killed, she is kneeling with her hands clasped in prayer.
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''. The prayer pose to the big religion, Yevon, is an elaborate version of the one described above. [[MakesSenseInContext Thing is]], [[spoiler:it's actually a corruption of the prayer for Victory from a city destroyed a thousand years ago]].

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', near the end of Cullen's romance path, the Inquisitor walks in on him reciting part of the Chant of Light while in this pose, as he attempts to draw strength from faith to combat his fear that the fight with [[spoiler:Corypheus]] will cost the life of his beloved.
* Alsanna, the Silent Oracle in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'' has this pose. Along with sitting on her knees, it helps hide the fact that she has AbsoluteCleavage that is ''not'' meant to be sexy.

* ''Five Card Stud'', a 1968 Western starring Dean Martin, Roddy [=McDowell=] and Robert Mitchum. A man cheats in a poker game and is caught and lynched by most of the other players; later on, the members of the lynch mob are murdered one by one, and a player who was out cold during the lynching (Martin) turns sleuth to avoid the same fate himself. One of the victims is found with his hands clasped in prayer, which is thought oddly uncharacteristic. [[spoiler:The culprit was a preacher new to the area (played by Mitchum) who was secretly the brother of the murdered cheat, out to punish his brother's killers.]] By the way, Martin also sang the film's theme song.

* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': In "Nepenthe", after Elnor activates the Fenris Rangers SOS token, he closes his eyes and intertwines his hands in what is presumably the Qowat Milat form of prayer.

* The final episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' was advertised with a full page ad of David Boreanaz as Angel in this pose.

Contrast ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive.

* Former Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, an outspoken and devout christian, frequently adopted a kneeling pose with his head bowed and one hand in a fist near his face or forehead which has [[MemeticMutation become known as Tebowing]].

** And even earlier, during the Roman Empire, the usual prayer pose was the ''orans'': the person stands upright, arms outstretched, elbows bent, and hands pointing up (basically, the "hands up and surrender" pose). Interestingly enough, the pose has been resurrected by baptist and Pentecostal churches in the modern day.

* ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'': It's the standard "wishing on a star" pose. Both Tiana and Charlotte do it, while repeating "Please, please, ''please''!"

** In the last episode of ''Stars'', [[spoiler:Sailor Galaxia's remaining inner goodness]] is briefly seen like this in a field of flowers, tearful and lonely, until [[spoiler:[[AllLovingHeroine Sailor Moon]] manages to reach for her, purify and redeem her.]]

* Played straight in ""Anime/Sword Art Online"" when Asuna prays over Kazuto's body when Kazuto is fighting for his life in Gun Gale Online against Death Gun [[spoiler: who he defeats when he remembers him as Red Eyed Zaza]].