An attendant made gestures over the sick man, holding in his right hand a pinch of sacred meal, which was afterward placed in the cavity.
Illustration] Upon completion of the painting the song-priest, who stood to the east of it holding in his hand a bag of sacred meal, stepped carefully between the figures, sprinkling pollen upon the feet and heart of each.
Just as the maskers returned, the invalid, wrapped in a fine red Navajo blanket and bearing a basket of sacred meal, stepped upon the robe; he had before stood in front of the lodge by the side of the song-priest.
In every ceremony among the Pueblos naturally enough, more particularly among those who have been living farthest from the Mexicans, the lavish scattering of sacred meal is the marked feature of the occasion.
But this is not the corn meal in common use in the United States, but is sacred meal ground in ZuA+-i with sacred stones.
Throwing the Snakes into the Circle of Sacred Meal.
They forbade their ascending the trail, and with elaborate ceremony sprinkled a line of sacred meal across it, over which no one must pass.
Immediately the godmother picks up the cradle, so that the baby's head is towards the door, and near to the floor, carries it over the line of sacred meal, the mother following.
Upon completion of the painting the song-priest, who stood to the east of it holding in his hand a bag of sacred meal, stepped carefully between the figures, sprinkling pollen upon the feet and heart of each.
Both women sprinkle a line of sacred meal, emblematic of the straight road which the child must follow to win the favor of its gods.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sacred meal" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
