It may have some connection with the main deity being a sun god. Similar to burning at the stake, no comparable rite can be found in religions practiced nearby. This was a more dignified ceremony in which prisoners and sinners were not allowed to participate.
Drench the altar in the blood which spouts red from the heart, to praise and to show loyalty unto God.' In another sacrificial rite mentioned in the same book, the victim is burned alive.
' Offering prayers, pierce a man's chest with a copper stake.
Transcript " One characteristic, mentioned only in rare documents and dying out in the modern age, is that of the ritual sacrifice.
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