Explore basic concepts of ancient taboos worldwide in this easy crossword puzzle designed for high school students. Covers common taboos and cultural beliefs.
Forbidden Customs of Ancient Worlds is a easy crossword puzzle with 20 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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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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