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Sacrificial Rituals and Divine Representation by onmavu is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses the nature and purposes of religious sacrifice, particularly those that seem easily understandable versus those that seem enigmatic. It explores various types of secondary sacrifices that aimed to appease or prevent retaliation from offended powers, such as lavish gifts to the dead. However, the elaborate blood sacrifices of gods themselves during the Bronze Age remain an enigma. The document examines examples of "sacrifice of following" where humans and animals were killed to accomp
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- onmavu
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- EN