Each Ascension Day, the people of Bruges carry some of this substance from a basilica named for it on a procession around the city.
The Sami religion traditionally involved feeding this substance to stone idols. Adherents gather three times per year in the Naples Cathedral to observe a ritual involving this substance. Each Ascension Day, the people of Bruges carry some of this substance from a basilica named for it on a procession around the city. The 96th Surah, al-Alaq, takes its name from a passage that claims humans were created from this substance. In Genesis, God exclaims that this substance (*) "crieth unto me from the ground." In Exodus, the Jews avoid the plague on the firstborn sons by marking their doorposts with this substance. The major debate at the Marburg Colloquy was over whether Christians were metaphorically or actually drinking this substance. For 10 points, name this substance that is either represented by or transformed from wine during the Eucharist.
The Sami religion traditionally involved feeding this substance to stone idols.
blood [or: reindeer blood, blood clots, Holy Blood, the Blood of Christ, the Blood of Abel]