And may her bridegroom bring her to a house
Where all's accustomed, ceremonious;
For arrogance and hatred are the wares
Peddled in the thoroughfares.
How but in custom and in ceremony
Are innocence and beauty born?
Ceremony's a name for the rich horn,
And custom for the spreading laurel tree.
Where all's accustomed, ceremonious;
For arrogance and hatred are the wares
Peddled in the thoroughfares.
How but in custom and in ceremony
Are innocence and beauty born?
Ceremony's a name for the rich horn,
And custom for the spreading laurel tree.
— William Butler Yeats, A Prayer For My Daughter
All kinds of rituals, ceremonies, rites, etc..
Tropes:
Sub-indexes:
- Awesome Moment of Crowning: A person becomes a ruler by doing something awesome to earn their position.
- Banishing Ritual: A magic ritual to send away a ghost, demon, Eldritch Abomination.
- Candlelit Ritual: A ritual performed by candlelight.
- Deathbed Promotion: A soldier at or near the point of death is honored by being formally elevated in rank.
- Ear-Piercing Plot: A young character wants their ears pierced to look more grown-up, but is either too scared to do it or is forbidden from doing so by their parents.
- Imperfect Ritual: The material lacks or substitutes some key component, but manages to start anyway.
- Initiation Ceremony: A ceremony that permits the participant to enter an organization
- Insignia Rip-Off Ritual: A character being disgraced or demoted has the insignia on their uniform ripped off.
- Knighting: A ceremony where a person is granted a knighthood by royalty.
- Nude Nature Dance: Characters embrace nature by dancing naked in open fields or forest clearings.
- Offerings to the Gods: Making physical offerings to deities.
- Human Sacrifice: Killing someone as part of a religious ritual.
- Appease the Volcano God: When it's done by throwing the sacrificial victim into a volcano.
- Targeted Human Sacrifice: They can't just grab any random person to kill, they need a specific type of individual for the sacrifice.
- Virgin Sacrifice: When the victim (usually a young woman or girl) is required to have never had sex before.
- Human Sacrifice: Killing someone as part of a religious ritual.
- Real Fake Wedding: Someone attempts to trick someone into marrying them by staging a fake wedding with their intended partner then replacing the fake celebrant with real celebrant.
- Rejection Ritual: A special ritual for people who are being removed/rejected from a group for something shameful they did.
- Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony: A ceremony to celebrate the completion of some edifice.
- Rite of Passage: A special coming-of-age ritual for families.
- Ritual Magic: Magic performed with specific words, gestures, actions, and offerings at specific places and times.
- Secret Handshake: A gesture used between two allies.
- Seppuku: A ritualized suicide as a means of atonement.
- Sham Ceremony: A ceremony that turns out to be fake.
- Stark Naked Sorcery: Magical rituals which need to be performed naked.
- Summoning Ritual: Using a ritual to summon something.
- Test of Pain: Part of a ceremony or ritual involves a test of pain endurance.
