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god sticks (<sculpture by form>, sculpture (visual works), ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Pointed wooden peg sculptures carved with a human head at the upper end. The function of god sticks is to act as containers for the divinities to enter during rituals. |
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god sticks (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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god stick (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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神杖 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,UF,U,U)
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shén gùn (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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shen gun (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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shen kun (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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godenstokken (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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Ritualstäbe (C,U,German,D,PN)
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Ritualstab (C,U,German-P,AD,SN)
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bastões de divindades (C,U,Portuguese-P,D,U,PN)
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bastão de divindade (C,U,Portuguese,AD,U,SN)
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bastones rituales (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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bastón ritual (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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bastón (ritual) (C,U,Spanish,UF,U,SN)
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whakapakoko (C,U,local language,UF,U,N)
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Chinese (traditional) ..... 尖頭木栓的雕刻品,頂端為人首雕刻。神杖的作用為神明進入儀式時使用的容器。 |
Dutch ..... Kleine, puntige gebeeldhouwde houten pinnen, met een menselijk hoofd gegraveerd in het bovenste gedeelte. De godenstokken worden gebruikt als plaatsen die godheden tijdens rituelen kunnen betreden. |
German ..... Spitze, stiftförmige Skulptur aus Holz mit einem menschlichen Kopf am oberen Ende. Die Funktion von Ritualstäben ist die eines Gefäßes, in das die Gottheiten während der Rituale einkehren können. |
Portuguese ..... Esculturas pontiagudas de madeira com uma cabeça humana na extremidade superior. A função dos bastões de divindades é agir como recipientes para divindades entrarem durante os rituais. |
Spanish ..... Esculturas de estacas de madera en punta esculpidas con una cabeza humana en la parte superior. La función es actuar como contenedores de entrada para las divinidades durante los rituales.
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