body-markings

Updated: August 4, 2026

The same remark applies to the practice of pricking, scarring, and tattooing. For the body-markings blood is sometimes employed, perhaps in part on account of its decorative color, but also probably with a religious significance. +119+. Decoration has been and is largely employed in structures and dress connected with religious life.

Crawford Howell Toy - Introduction to the History of Religions: Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV