examples of fertility rituals

With the wide number of cultures, symbols, and centuries of practice, specific examples of fertility rituals can help answer the question of what they are.

Praying to become pregnant is an example of a common practice that many couples use. Though less elaborate as other rituals, praying requests for help and guidance from a higher power can accompany mainstream medicine.

Other examples of fertility rituals include:
• The maypole dance (symbolic of the male and female, represented by the ribbons, contribution to creating life).
• Kissing under the mistletoe.
• Painting eggs.
• Cantonese funerals, in which the daughter-in-law of the deceased wear green around their waists and rub their abdomens on the coffins.
• Native American rain dance.
• Animal sacrifice.
• Harvest charms.