https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_sacrifice Prehistory One of the altars at the Monte d’Accoddi, where animal sacrifice may have occurred. During the Neolithic Revolution, early humans began to move from hunter-gatherer cultures toward agriculture, leading to the spread of animal domestication. In a theory presented in Homo Necans, mythologist Walter Burkert suggests that the ritual sacrifice of livestock may have developed as a continuation of ancient hunting rituals, as livestock replaced wild game in the […]
Animal Sacrifice
Putting the Blood back into Blót: The Revival of Animal Sacrifice in Modern Nordic Paganism – Michael Strmiska
*The Distinctive and Salvific Nature of Animal Sacrifice in Judaism Seminar: The History of Animals – Paul Rezkalla Professor Karl Appuhn
Animal Sacrifice and Blood Rituals in Traditional World Religions and in Satanism – Vexen Crabtree
World religions such as Christianity, Islam and Judaism all embody a traditional and sometimes bizarre set of animal sacrifice rituals in their holy texts. These practices, despite being borderline barbaric and not in keeping with modern ideas of animal welfare, are still in use today by religious communities all over the world, including in the most modern countries. Although it […]