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human sacrifice
offering of a human being to a god or goddess in tribute, as an act of repentance, to ask forgiveness, or in exchange for a favor
Details
- Subclass of
- sacrifice, homicide, cause of death
- described by source
- Der Volks-Brockhaus, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
- topic's main category
- Category:Human sacrifice
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