Blood as sacrifice — Mythoi

Motif

Blood as sacrifice.

Religion. · Religious services. · Religious sacrifices. · view the constellation · filed as V12.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman Pausanias's Description of Greece , Book 4
Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter XIII
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XIX XIX. Tabooed Acts

Filed across the traditions

Irish O'Suilleabhain 90.

Within the index

Filed under Nature of sacrifice.

Filed beside it

Jewels as sacrifice to sea. (Cf. V11.2.) Skulls as sacrifice to a god Animals as sacrifice Gold as sacrifice to false wooden god Thrall as sacrifice Eyes (human or animal) as sacrifice Flowers as sacrifice Libations. Drink poured out to the gods Incense as sacrifice

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