household gods

But these little household gods caught on for other reasons as well.

In practice, it may have been for an offering to the household gods.

I thought you made the reference "at home" because they are, in fact, household gods.

In the name of our household gods, I command you to tell me!"

I think that previous inhabitants are sacred, like household gods.

This was clearly not the way nice people were expected to behave towards other people's household gods.

By giving up something precious you appeased the household gods.

As new ones were discovered they were named, we think, after household gods.

Before a meal, a libation was offered to the household gods.

They are, therefore, household gods on a trip.

"Household Gods" is an attempt to write pure comedy.

This food is offered, in tiny leaf plates, to the household Gods, then distributed amongst the family.

Our household goods - our household gods - were going with her.

He stood before the king's household gods.

Duty is paid to household gods in an annual census of filial piety.

The possession of household gods would support the legality of his claim to an inheritance.

They worship nature and other household gods.

Our household gods are bored with my pleas as must be my dear, patient brother.

Sometimes they looked like diminutive household gods.

It involves a morning offering of water and tea to household gods, along with prayers for a safe and easy day.

Pauline's chamber, with its private altar and its "household gods"

First, prayers are addressed to ancestors and household gods at the home, and then the place of supposed loss is visited.

Also, using leftover chunks of stone, the artists carved the little household gods treasured by families everywhere.

Here you see the genuine replicas of the famous household gods of the ancients.

One or two of the senators burned incense at their private altars for their household gods.