Sacrifice, Nature, Origins, Elements, & Religions

Sacrifice, a religious rite in which an object is offered to a divinity in order to establish, maintain, or restore a right relationship of a human being to the sacred order. It is a complex phenomenon that has been found in the earliest known forms of worship and in all parts of the world.

Ritual - Social, Religious, Symbolic

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Creation of the Sacred: Tracks of Biology in Early Religions

Aztec Sacrifice - World History Encyclopedia

The Sacrificial System

Ritual human sacrifice promoted and sustained the evolution of stratified societies

The Roots of Sacrifice: Religion, Morality, and the Search for Transcendence ━ The European Conservative

City of Sacrifice: The Aztec Empire and by Carrasco, David

Feeding the gods: Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrifice in Aztec capital, Science

Human sacrifice, Ancient Rituals & Practices

Ritual Sacrifice in Ancient Israel - Biblical Archaeology Society