Talk:Votive candle

message: I changed the second image of candles here because the candles in it were very similar to those pictured in the first. While I'm not well-versed in the types of votive candles used in ceremonies in the eastern hemisphere, in the United States and much of Latin America, you'll frequently see candles of the nature pictured in :Image:Votive candles.jpg, which tend to be more colorful and often include words and pictures on the glass container. The new image helps to better represent that. Tijuana Brass 00:08, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think these are normally called votive candles, but they are certainly Novena candles.  They are burned for the 9 days of a Novena in the Catholic church.  In Santería and other Yoruba-based religions they are extremely common.  Similar candles, but without the Catholic iconography, are used in Wiccan magick for 7 days, thus their common name of "Seven Day Candles".  I am not as strongly versed in their use in the Catholic Church as in the other uses, but I definitely recognize candles dedicated to Saint Michael (Chango) and Our Lady of Caridad Del Cobre (Oshun) among the more traditionally popular images.  I would recommend reverting the picture. NightBear (talk) 14:47, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Image change

message: Going over this article, it has been written in a way that defines votive candles in somewhat narrow, exclusive terms -- it feels like I'm reading the individual experience of a couple of people rather than a good description of the many forms which I've seen these candles take. To give some examples, the first section, which is Catholic-centric, doesn't necessarily outline how I've seen candles used in all Catholic churches. The third part, which seems like an evangelical aside (and appears to be mostly OR), is more instructive than encyclopedic. And I see no description of the role that votives play in Latin American religion, which is unique from Anglo churches.
I'll try to clean things up a little in the near future, but in the meantime, I've added an NPOV tag to inform readers that the description given here is flawed. Tijuana Brass (talk) 05:18, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV tag

message: There is no discussion of votive candles in Judaism. Shabbat candles, holiday candles, Hannukah candles and yahrzeit candles are all votive... 75.3.229.144 (talk) 03:34, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Feel free to add a section about Judaism if you have referneces. Tarheelz123 (talk) 22:34, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Judaism

message: Why was the Methodism section removed? I know for a fact that UMC parishes use votive candles on during their liturgy for All Saints Day. --Willthacheerleader18 (talk) 11:52, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I readded the section. --Willthacheerleader18 (talk) 02:59, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Methodism

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message: Catholic style 7 day candles are often used in Santeria, Espiritismo, Voodoo and other religions practiced by latin@ people. The saints on the candles are said to represent different orishas/dieties/spirits not related to the saints pictured. Honestly I think these candles are more often used in this way than the way they are intended to be used. I'm not sure what a good definitive source would be for this sort of information as it seems to be mostly cultural and word of mouth. Meskarune (talk) 05:51, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Santeria / Espiritismo / Voodoo 

message: The second image shows how most candles are actually unwieldingly large and thick, and somehow Wikipedia describes these things as "small"? 181.143.239.2 (talk) 21:37, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Small" candle.