Origin of animal sacrifices

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Origin of animal sacrifices.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Origin of customs. · Origin of religious ceremonials. · view the constellation · filed as A1545.3

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Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter L L. Eating the God
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XIX XIX. Tabooed Acts
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 12, Section CCLXXVII
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 13, Section III
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 14, Section XXVIII

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of sacrifices.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Origin of dog sacrifices Origin of calf sacrifices Origin of cock sacrifice

Filed beside it

Regulations for sacrifices Animal substituted for human sacrifice Custom of sacrifice begun at harvest and sowing times Origin of human sacrifice Why animal bones only are used in sacrifice

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