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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ixal" data-source="post: 8314358" data-attributes="member: 7030132">You certainly didn't try to anger the god, but you did not praise them either when you didn't need them.Rites to the big, well known gods were also often performed by the king/ruler to ensure a good harvest for the country (Ancient China is a good example for this). That also meant that if there was a country wide harvest failure then the ruler screwed up.This of course doesn't mean that the normal people couldn't also perform rites for the big gods for small favors, but mostly for them the little gods were as or even more important (in Rome the Lares and Penates for example). Gods or even just house spirits of locks, doors, your supply closet, etc.And as they were small the rites for them were also cheap.Gods were not something your worship or revere. They were someone you bargained with and at least tried to keep them happy.</blockquote>