The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia describes how Canaanites honored the departed spirit as part of ancestor worship: “Feasts... were celebrated in the family tomb or at burial mounds with ritual drunkenness and sexuality (possibly involving incest) in which the deceased were thought to participate. ”
Teatmeteos ” The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ” kirjeldab, kuidas kaananlased austasid esivanemate kummardamise osana surnute vaime: ” Suguvõsa hauakambris või kalmukünkal peeti.. pidusid, mis olid seotud rituaalse purjutamise ja seksuaalsusega (mis ilmselt sisaldas verepilastust) ning milles arvamuse kohaselt osalesid ka lahkunud. ”