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Forbidden Customs of Ancient Worlds
Explore ancient taboos from diverse cultures around the globe, uncovering rituals, superstitions, and forbidden acts that shaped societies long ago.
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  • 1. Minor taboo or slight offense
  • 2. Marked by good omens, opposite of taboo
  • 3. Voluntary taboo against certain pleasures
  • 4. Describes an act prohibited by cultural taboo
  • 6. Word describing a cultural prohibition
  • 7. Offerings to gods, sometimes considered mandatory and taboo to refuse
  • 10. Belief violating ancient religious taboos
  • 11. Practice often taboo or regulated by ancient rules
  • 12. Ancient taboo forbidding close family relations
  • 14. Silence as a taboo expression in some ancient rites
  • 15. Spell or taboo meant to bring misfortune
  • 17. Ceremonial act often governed by ancient taboos
  • 18. Mythical taboo creature said to feed on the living
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  • 5. Taboo language or disrespect toward the sacred
  • 8. Eating human flesh, a forbidden practice in many cultures
  • 9. Chinese practice linked to taboos about energy flow
  • 13. Ritual to expel evil spirits, often shrouded in taboo
  • 16. Ancient taboo site or person for prophetic truths
  • 19. Sign believed to predict good or bad taboo outcomes
  • 20. Taboo involving sacred animal symbols linked to clans

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