Home›Subcategories›Lifecycle RitualsSubcategoriesLifecycle Rituals52 of 272 entries in Rituals. Click any to see everything it connects to.Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Lifecycle Rituals." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/ritual/lifecycle-rituals.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Lifecycle Rituals. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/ritual/lifecycle-ritualsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-lifecycle-rituals, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Lifecycle Rituals}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/ritual/lifecycle-rituals}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXRites tied to a stage of life, birth, coming of age, marriage, death, sometimes called rites of passage in the comparative study of religion. Initiation is itself a lifecycle rite in many traditions, but is filed separately here where an entry's own emphasis is admission into a group rather than a stage of life as such.FactsLearn MoreSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites marking a passage in an individual life - birth and naming, coming of age, marriage, ordination, death. Nearly every tradition marks some of these, but not the same set, and which passages are marked by religious rite rather than by civil custom differs by tradition and by period. 2OriginsWhose Classification This IsWell-attestedThe category is van Gennep's: Les rites de passage (1909) proposed that such rites everywhere follow a three-stage pattern of separation, liminality and incorporation, and Victor Turner's 1969 work on liminality made the middle stage the centre of the frame. It is a scholars' scheme, not a traditions' one. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2BrowseCompareSelect all 52Anand KarajLifecycle Rituals5 linksAnnaprashanaLifecycle Rituals3 linksAnointing of the SickLifecycle Rituals28 linksApache Sunrise CeremonyLifecycle Rituals2 linksApotropaic Birth Rites Against LamashtuLifecycle Rituals3 linksAqeeqahLifecycle Rituals8 linksBedekenLifecycle Rituals9 linksBirth BlessingLifecycle Rituals4 linksBragoroLifecycle Rituals1 linkBrit Milah (Bris)Lifecycle Rituals12 linksChalitzahLifecycle Rituals10 linksChisunguLifecycle Rituals1 linkChudakaranaLifecycle Rituals4 linksChuppahLifecycle Rituals12 linksChurching of WomenLifecycle Rituals23 linksComing-of-Age RitesLifecycle Rituals12 linksCouvadeLifecycle Rituals1 linkDipoLifecycle Rituals1 linkEland Bull DanceLifecycle Rituals1 linkGuan Li and Ji Li (Capping and Hairpin Ceremonies)Lifecycle Rituals1 linkHandfastingLifecycle Rituals6 linksImbaluLifecycle Rituals1 linkInfant Baptism and ChristeningLifecycle Rituals57 linksIsnati Awicalowanpi (Lakota Buffalo Ceremony)Lifecycle Rituals1 linkKhitanLifecycle Rituals9 linksKiddushin and NissuinLifecycle Rituals10 linksKinaaldaLifecycle Rituals3 linksMarriage CeremonyLifecycle Rituals78 linksMisa de Accion de Gracias (Quinceanera)Lifecycle Rituals4 linksMonastic VowsLifecycle Rituals28 linksNaghol (Land Diving)Lifecycle Rituals1 linkNamakaranaLifecycle Rituals3 linksNaming and Blessing of ChildrenLifecycle Rituals5 linksNaming CeremonyLifecycle Rituals12 linksNikahLifecycle Rituals10 linksOrthodox Crowning (Stefana)Lifecycle Rituals20 linksPidyon HabenLifecycle Rituals10 linksRitushuddhiLifecycle Rituals3 linksSeijin-shikiLifecycle Rituals2 linksSheva BrachotLifecycle Rituals9 linksShichi-Go-SanLifecycle Rituals2 linksShinzen KekkonLifecycle Rituals1 linkTemple SealingLifecycle Rituals6 linksThe Liberalia and the Toga VirilisLifecycle Rituals1 linkUmhlanga (Reed Dance)Lifecycle Rituals1 linkUpanayanaLifecycle Rituals4 linksUpsherinLifecycle Rituals8 linksVivahaLifecycle Rituals4 linksWalimaLifecycle Rituals9 linksYichudLifecycle Rituals7 linksAqiqahLifecycle Rituals2 linksHoly MatrimonyLifecycle Rituals4 linksLearn MoreThe lifecycle rituals This group gathers lifecycle rituals, the rites that mark the great transitions of a human life: birth and naming, coming of age, marriage, and other passages by which a person moves from one status to the next. Such rites of passage are found in every religious tradition and are among the most universal features of religious life. The browser will find lifecycle rituals from across the world's traditions. The entries describe each rite's form, meaning and setting, noting the tradition to which it belongs and the transition it marks.Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensionstier 1Catherine Bell, Oxford University Press, 1997Basic Genres of Ritual ActionView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year