<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=239731.msg11828274#msg11828274">Quote from: Zenkai on 18-11-2015, 12:35:05</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Hehe. Actually I learned German before English, so in the same boat here  ;) But my german is rusty, and people on english forums freak out when I write in a foreign lanuague... Na ja.<br/><br/>Hmm. Petitioning like this would really fit better as a ritual thing. coming back full circle to the holiness of suffering and self-flagellation thing. Need to watch the anime a bit more. Perhaps elaborate rituals for the faithful are the way to go? An investment of time and effort.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>If we go down the ritual road we should probably tie it to the seasons and/or the cycle of the moon. Connecting rituals with the changing seasons would fit a goddess of life and rebirth, plus, the symbol of Marfa seems to be a  crescent moon (turned horizontal), i.e. something easily associated with natural cycles and rebirth.