The ancestral religion of the Sumis was the worship of nature.
Vodou is an ancestral religion, and viewed by some Western anthropologists as an ecstatic religion.
Because,' he looked at me meaningfully, 'the people have neglected their ancestral religion, the very gods who brought Rome to glory in the past.
There is no indication that he is particularly religious but his thoughts and patterns were shaped by his inseparable ancestral religion and culture.
And, the greater his sense of isolation, the more he Shylock reverts to his ancestral religion.
He never made the mistake of converting back to his ancestral religion, realizing that he could be more effective as a practising Christian.
Jews practiced their ancestral religion and it was perhaps some of these Jews who became the first Christians.
Judaism was just such an ancestral religion.
Instead of terrifying her, however, Mary Emerson's ancestral religion provided her comfort and hope.
They often send their children to mosques so that they can learn about their ancestral religion and study the Arabic language.