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Concept in Greek mythology
as sacrificial victims to the half-human, half-bull monster Minotaur to be killed in retribution for the death of Minos' son Androgeos. The victims were
Sacrificial victims of the Minotaur
Sacrificial_victims_of_the_Minotaur
Topics referred to by the same term
A sacrificial victim (Latin: victima) is a living being that is killed and offered as a sacrifice. It may refer to: Animal sacrifice, the ritual killing
Sacrificial_victim
Roman religious practice
available, and therefore more valuable as sacrificial victims. Uncastrated male bulls were the ideal sacrificial beast, with the 1st-century CE writer Pliny
Sacrifice in ancient Roman religion
Sacrifice_in_ancient_Roman_religion
inscriptions mention at least 14,197 human sacrificial victims, although some inscriptions may record the same sacrificial event more than once. Archaeological
Human sacrifice in ancient Chinese culture
Human_sacrifice_in_ancient_Chinese_culture
Inca ritual of human sacrifice
chamber and covered with gravel, or, in the case of Cerro El Plomo, the sacrificial victim was wrapped in a complex funerary bundle of several pieces with a
Capacocha
Ritual offering of human flesh and lives to gods and goddesses
would then remove his ritual attire and dress in the skin of the sacrificial victim before performing a ritual dance that symbolised the rebirth of life
Human sacrifice in Maya culture
Human_sacrifice_in_Maya_culture
Ancient whistle used by the Mexica
Aztec wind deity Ehecatl revealed the remains of a 20-year-old male sacrificial victim clutching various musical instruments, among them a small ceramic
Aztec_death_whistle
Pyramid structure in Mexico
sacrifices of animals and humans upon. It was also a burial ground for sacrificial victims. These burials were done in order to legitimize the addition of another
Pyramid_of_the_Moon
nutrients in the absence of large animals, since the victims were often eaten. In any case the sacrificial role entailed a great deal of social expectation
Human sacrifice in Aztec culture
Human_sacrifice_in_Aztec_culture
1st-century BC Roman plebeian
was unwilling to fulfill his vow, the emperor had him dressed as a sacrificial victim, paraded through the streets, and then hurled down from the eminence
Publius_Afranius_Potitus
Central deity in Aztec religion
heart of the victim before flaying. It is likely that sculptures of Xipe Totec were ritually dressed in the flayed skin of sacrificial victims and wore sandals
Xipe_Totec
Minor character from the Hindu epic Mahabharata
Based on this definition, Biardeau concludes that Iravant means sacrificial victim in the Mahabharata. Iḍā is also used elsewhere to denote a substance
Iravan
Bread used in the Christian Eucharist ritual
Eucharistic bread, the Lamb or simply the host (Latin: hostia, lit. 'sacrificial victim'), is the bread used in the Christian ritual of the Eucharist and
Sacramental_bread
1913 ballet by Igor Stravinsky
celebrating the advent of spring, after which a young girl is chosen as a sacrificial victim and dances herself to death. After a mixed critical reception for
The_Rite_of_Spring
Celeus and one of the Athenian sacrificial victims for the Minotaur. He may be the brother of Hesione, another sacrificial victim granting that their father
Porphyrion_(mythology)
Aztec deity
their embodiment. These ritual costumes included the flayed skin of sacrificial victims and/or deity regalia which included headdresses and clothing among
Teixiptla
Princess in Greek mythology
Great by Telamon. In her youth, she was chosen to be one of the sacrificial victims of the Minotaur, but she was saved when Theseus slew him. Periboea
Periboea (daughter of Alcathous)
Periboea_(daughter_of_Alcathous)
Creature of Greek mythology
young noble citizens (seven men and seven women) to be offered as sacrificial victims to the Minotaur in retribution for the death of Minos's son Androgeus
Minotaur
1957 novel by Ayn Rand
the victim" is defined by Leonard Peikoff as "the willingness of the good to suffer at the hands of the evil, to accept the role of sacrificial victim for
Atlas_Shrugged
Ritual
in sacrificial regalia and garlanded; the horns of oxen might be gilded. Sacrifice sought the harmonisation of the earthly and divine, so the victim must
Animal_sacrifice
Offering of material possessions or the lives of animals or humans to a deity
Sacrifice: Ancient Victims, Modern Observers. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Press. Feeney, Denis. (2004). "Interpreting Sacrificial Ritual in Roman Poetry:
Sacrifice
Disambiguation
of Laodicus. She was sent by her people to Crete. as one of the sacrificial victims of Minotaur. Europe, a surname of Demeter. Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions
Europa_(mythology)
Painting by George Frederic Watts
depicts the Minotaur from Greek mythology as he waits for his young sacrificial victims to arrive by ship. It is an allegorical comment to child prostitution
The_Minotaur_(painting)
Sacrificial victim in Greek mythology
Meganeira. He features in a short myth where he is chosen to be the sacrificial victim for a beast called Sybaris that terrorised Delphi and the surrounding
Alcyoneus_(son_of_Diomos)
Ritualistic killing, usually as an offering
some researchers as ritual cannibalism. Whether the victims were war captives, sacrificial victims or participants in other forms of ritual violence remains
Human_sacrifice
Name of figures in Greek mythology
of Apollo's lovers and mother of Asclepius. Coronis, one of the sacrificial victims of Minotaur. A coronis may also be: A vessel with raised ends, like
Coronis_(mythology)
List of people of Greek mythology
Elephenor. Melanippe, an emendation for "Medippe" (name of one of the sacrificial victims of Minotaur) in Servius' commentaries on Aeneid. Pseudo-Eratosthenes
Melanippe
Greek myth set index
Amazons. She was killed by the hero Heracles. Eriboea, one of the sacrificial victims of the Minotaur according to the inscription on a vase. Köppen, Johann
Eriboea_(mythology)
Eunomia, Eurydome, and Eurymedousa. Euanthe, one of the would-be sacrificial victims of Minotaur. Euanthe or Euantheia (Εὐανθεία), mother of Cyzicus by
Euanthe_(mythology)
Individuals in Greek mythology
Hippolyta's girdle. Asteria, an Athenian maiden among the would-be sacrificial victims of Minotaur, portrayed in a vase painting. Christoph Willibald Gluck
Asteria_(mythology)
Religious activity involving killings of humans and animals
remains have also thrown light on the age, sex, and cause of death of sacrificial victims. The Mayans engaged in a large number of festivals and rituals on
Sacrifice_in_Maya_culture
Rack or palisade that displays human skulls
display of human skulls, typically those of war captives or other sacrificial victims. It is a scaffold-like construction of poles on which heads and skulls
Tzompantli
Aztec war and solar deity
the sacrificial victims were. The body would be carried away and either cremated or given to the warrior responsible for the capture of the victim. He
Huītzilōpōchtli
Suicide by setting oneself on fire
nature. The English word immolation originally meant (1534) "killing a sacrificial victim; sacrifice" and came to figuratively mean (1690) "destruction, especially
Self-immolation
Aztec god of fire, heat, and time
Xiuhtecuhtli was embodied in the teotecuilli, the sacrificial brazier into which sacrificial victims were cast during the New Fire ceremony. This took
Xiuhtecuhtli
Religion used in the Aztec Empire
meticulously planned from the type of victim to the specific ceremony needed for the god. The sacrificial victims were usually captured warriors but sometimes
Aztec_religion
Roman religious practice
largely replaced by sacrifice-divination through inspection of the sacrificial victim's liver—haruspices—during the Orientalizing period of archaic Greek
Augury
Water-filled sinkhole at the Maya archaeological site of Chichen Itza
that the status of the victim as alive or dead was unimportant. The occasional appearance of human remains in non-sacrificial cenotes can be attributed
Sacred_Cenote
In Greek mythology, Menestheus (/mɪˈnɛsθiːəs/; Ancient Greek: Μενεσθεύς) may refer to the following people: Menestheus, an Athenian youth from Sounion
Menestheus_(mythology)
Eleventh month of the Aztec calendar
skin around her mouth permanently black. The woman chosen as the sacrificial victim was forced to smile at all times and was severely beaten by the other
Ochpaniztli
Mythological women
Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys. Menestho, one of the Athenian sacrificial victims of the Minotaur according to one vase. Hesiod, Theogony 357 Bane
Menestho_(mythology)
1977 Greek film
declares Calchas. Odysseus finally takes action by revealing the chosen sacrificial victim to the army. With this revelation, there is no turning back. Although
Iphigenia_(film)
Ritualistic killing of humans in pre-Columbian cultures
located. Researchers have identified at least 227 individuals as sacrificial victims, and it is believed that this mass sacrifice may have been carried
Human sacrifice in pre-Columbian cultures
Human_sacrifice_in_pre-Columbian_cultures
Name of three characters in Greek myths
Antenor and Theano. He was killed by Achilles. Demoleon, one of the sacrificial victims of the Minotaur. Ovid, Metamorphoses 356 ff. Quintus Smyrnaeus, 10
Demoleon_(mythology)
Festivals in honour of Jupiter and Venus
spurcum). Some of the rites took place at her various temples. The sacrificial victim offered by Jupiter's priest, a female lamb (agna) may be evidence
Vinalia
Pre-Columbian pyramid in central Mexico
due to the discovery in the 1980s of more than a hundred possibly sacrificial victims buried beneath the structure. The burials, like the structure, are
Temple of the Feathered Serpent, Teotihuacan
Temple_of_the_Feathered_Serpent,_Teotihuacan
Various Greek mythological characters
Ocytus. Hippodamia, an Athenian maiden who was one of the would-be sacrificial victims of Minotaur. Hippodameia, a.k.a. Briseis, the wife of a prince in
Hippodamia_(mythology)
French anthropologist and philosopher (1923–2015)
the sacrificial order. While medieval Europe showed the face of a sacrificial society that still knew very well how to despise and ignore its victims, nonetheless
René_Girard
1891 novel by Thomas Hardy
about her, Tess has been seen variously as an Earth goddess or a sacrificial victim. Tess has been seen as a personification of nature, an idea supported
Tess_of_the_d'Urbervilles
Greek mythological figures
of Aegeus. Melite, eponym of a deme in Attica. Melite, one of the sacrificial victims of the Minotaur, and the daughter of Thriagonos. The name comes from
Melite_(mythology)
Several figures in Greek mythology
circumstance received the second name Scamander. Demodice, one of the sacrificial victims of Minotaur. Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 1.146 Apollodorus, 1
Demodice
Disambiguation page
Porthaon. Eurymedousa, daughter of Polyxenus, one of the would-be sacrificial victims of Minotaur rescued by Theseus. Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus
Eurymedousa
Aztec artefact
which to tie a victim. More likely however, the stone was used as a cuauhxicalli, within the center of which the hearts of sacrificial victims were placed
Stone_of_Tizoc
Roman politician (c. 125–82 BC)
sepulcra infecta sanguine civili. Hostia means more technically "sacrificial victim"; see host. Andrew Lintott, Violence in Republican Rome (Oxford University
Marcus_Marius_Gratidianus
Museum in Guangzhou, China
Eastern Side Chamber: Reserved for banquet and musical instruments. A sacrificial victim, possibly a court musician, was found here. Western Side Chamber:
Nanyue_King_Museum
Mythical creature of Chile
destruction was to satiate the beast's taste for human flesh by throwing a sacrificial victim into the bowels of its volcanic home. Much like the European dragon
Cherufe
Peat bog in Greater Manchester, England
head of what is believed to be a Romano-British Celt, possibly a sacrificial victim, in the eastern part of the bog near Worsley. Much of Chat Moss is
Chat_Moss
Ethnic group of central Mexico and its civilization
realm were put out. Then a new fire was drilled over the breast of a sacrificial victim and runners brought the new fire to the different calpolli communities
Aztecs
usually translated as if synonymous. Pliny says that the slaughter of a sacrificial victim is ineffectual without precatio, the recitation of the prayer formula
Glossary of ancient Roman religion
Glossary_of_ancient_Roman_religion
Symbol from Aztec mythology
tecpatl or sacrificial knife, was an important element in Aztec rituals. The tecpatl was used by Aztec priests to open the chest of the victims of human
Tecpatl
1985 novel by Peter Ackroyd
This is why he builds them near ancient cemeteries and buries a sacrificial victim under their foundations, for, in his words: "when there are many Persons
Hawksmoor_(novel)
Ancient Roman goddess of love, sex and fertility
control of the weather governed the ripening of the grapes; but the sacrificial victim, a female lamb (agna), may be evidence that it once belonged to Venus
Venus_(mythology)
Sacrifice described in the Hebrew Bible
holokaustos, a traditional Greek religious practice in which the sacrificial victim was reduced to ash rather than parts consumed in a meal; for example
Burnt_offering_(Judaism)
2025 American film
lodge written in blood and spelling out names of the town’s original sacrificial victims. The deaths continue. Roz is attacked and barely survives. One of
Round_the_Decay
Earliest known literate civilization in China
the middle of the coffin, a "waist pit" contained a dog or human sacrificial victim. Rammed-earth ledges surrounding this chamber held the king's attendants
Late_Shang
Ancient pastoral annual festival celebrated in the city of Rome on February 15th
sacrifice a dog?"... [Because] "nearly all the Greeks used a dog as the sacrificial victim for ceremonies of purification; and some, at least, make use of it
Lupercalia
3 Inca ice mummies discovered in Peru
from different ethnic backgrounds. This tracks with the practice of sacrificial victims being selected or offered from communities all throughout the Inca
Children_of_Llullaillaco
1963 American splatter film by Herschell Gordon Lewis
Astrid Olson as Motel Victim Sandra Sinclair as Pat Tracey Gene Courtier as Tony Louise Kamp as Janet Blake/Sacrificial Victim Hal Rich as Hospital Doctor
Blood_Feast
Ancient Nubian capital city in Sudan
long after pyramids fell out of fashion in Egypt. Bonnet notes that sacrificial victims appear and become increasingly common in the Middle Kerma period
Kerma
1964 seminar by Jacques Lacan
a treasure to be found, provided it implies self-immolation as a sacrificial victim to truth. Of the four concepts mentioned, three were developed between
The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis
The_Four_Fundamental_Concepts_of_Psychoanalysis
of sacrifices, as did other participants in the ceremony and the sacrificial victim. Similarly, altars, statues, and religious buildings and accoutrements
Wreaths and crowns in antiquity
Wreaths_and_crowns_in_antiquity
Philoetius, and Telemachus. Antimachus, an Athenian youth and one of the sacrificial victims of the Minotaur. Ancient Greece portal Myths portal Hesiod, Catalogue
Antimachus_(mythology)
People in Greek mythology
during the war of the Seven against Thebes. Phaedimus, one of the sacrificial victims of the Minotaur. Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.239 Apollodorus 3.5.6 Homer
Phaedimus_(mythology)
God in ancient Roman mythology
Saturn had demanded human victims. Macrobius says that Dis Pater was placated with human heads and Saturn with sacrificial victims consisting of men (virorum
Saturn_(mythology)
Pyramid structure in Mexico
Feathered Serpent in the Ciudadela. These objects may have represented sacrificial victims. A unique historical artifact discovered near the foot of the pyramid
Pyramid_of_the_Sun
Indian activist and writer (born 1951)
Publications, 2014). ISBN 978-81-929352-0-1. The Girl from Kathua: A Sacrificial Victim of Ghazwa-e-Hind (Garuda Prakashan, 2023). ISBN 979-8885750929. In
Madhu_Kishwar
1962 novel by James Baldwin
or another by him, by his agony. Rufus is the Christ figure — the sacrificial victim — in this parable of Baldwin's 'gospel.'" Ryan, Katy. 2004. "Falling
Another_Country_(novel)
Hindu goddess of enchantment, the only female avatar of Vishnu
to Mohini, before his self-sacrifice. Aravan agrees to become the sacrificial victim for the Kalappali ("sacrifice to the battlefield") to ensure the victory
Mohini
DC Comics character
finding him and Whisper A'Daire as they are about to use Kate as a sacrificial victim. Montoya sets Whisper A'Daire on fire but is about to be killed by
Renee_Montoya
Killing of a child to appease a tribe or deity
archaeologists found and excavated 43 victims of Aztec sacrifice, 37 of which were children. The sacrificial victims were found by Temple R, a temple in
Child_sacrifice
Roman god, protector of boundary markers
which the stone was sanctified: the bones, ashes, and blood of a sacrificial victim, along with crops, honeycombs, and wine, were placed into a hole at
Terminus_(god)
First-dynasty pharaoh of Egypt
children. Four cubits, one palm. 4th year: Following of Horus, censing a sacrificial victim. Five cubits, five palms, one finger. 5th year: The planning of the
Djer
Greek mythological figure
Harpalyce and Therager. Idas, an Athenian son of Arcas and one of the Sacrificial victims of the Minotaur. Idas, an Elean from Pisa who participated in the
Idas_(mythology)
1976 science-fiction movie by Kevin Connor
falls for the enslaved Princess Dia. She is eventually chosen as a sacrificial victim in the Mahar city, while David is put to work in the magma mines and
At_the_Earth's_Core_(film)
Hesione, daughter of Celeus, was one of the sacrificial victims of Minotaur. She may be the sister of another victim, Porphyrion granting that their father
Hesione_(mythology)
Racial impersonation
character actor Nizwar Karanj was "browned up" for his role as a sacrificial victim. 1986 Short Circuit Fisher Stevens as Ben Jabituya Aliens Jenette
Brownface
Germanic deity
duty to sacrifice to him, on fixed days, human as well as other sacrificial victims. Hercules and Mars they appease by animal offerings of the permitted
Týr
Concluding phrase of Roman Rite liturgy
missa est." (Go blessed and elect in the way of peace: for you the sacrificial victim has been sent to God the Father.) Aquileian Rite: "Ite benedicti et
Ite,_missa_est
Ridgetop Mississippian mound in Madison County, Illinois
Cahokia, accompanied by the graves of several hundred retainers and sacrificial victims. Early in the history of Cahokia the portion of the site containing
Mound_72
Comic album by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
but noted that here Calculus was the "high priest" rather than the sacrificial victim as he had been in the previous story. Moving on to discuss the Moon
Destination_Moon_(comics)
Ali'i Nui of Ka'ū
mutilated himself before landing so as to render himself an inappropriate sacrificial victim. As he stepped on shore, one of Kamehameha's chiefs threw a spear
Keōua_Kūʻahuʻula
Tragedy by Jean Racine
her; Agamemnon's continuing hesitation despite the secrecy of the sacrificial victim's name. She decides to reveal everything she has heard in order to
Iphigénie
Fictional character
comes to Bon Temps looking for him as she is convinced that he is the sacrificial victim she needs to bring forth her god, Dionysus. Daphne Landry, a new waitress
Sam_Merlotte
tephramancy/tephromancy: by tree bark ashes, by sacrificial or ritual fire ashes, or human sacrificial victim ashes (Greek tephrā, 'ash' + manteía, 'prophecy')
Methods_of_divination
1983 film directed by Lucio Fulci
Ocron Gioia Maria Scola José Gras Palau as Fado Violeta Cela as a sacrificial victim After the surprise box office hit of Jean-Jacques Annaud's film Quest
Conquest_(1983_film)
Irie" (入江京介, "Irie Kyōsuke") "The Curse" (祟り, "Tatari") "The Second Sacrificial Victim" (生贄第二号, "Ikenie Dainigō") 3 (23) December 22, 2009 978-4-7575-2751-5
List of Higurashi When They Cry chapters
List_of_Higurashi_When_They_Cry_chapters
Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
her family's predicament, she courageously offers herself as the sacrificial victim, refusing a lottery among other girls. She bids farewell to her siblings
Children_of_Heracles
1975 crime in San Felice Circeo, Italy
claimed that she was targeted because of her virginity and used as a sacrificial victim in an initiation ceremony by the Confraternity of the Red Rose and
Circeo_massacre
embellished with horsehair and cooked human brain, both procured from sacrificial victims. Tunggal panaluan was carved out of the wood of Cassia javanica,
Tunggal_panaluan
Animal sacrifice to Mars
destination of the October Horse's tail. Sacrificial victims were normally felled with a mallet and securis (sacrificial axe), and other implements would have
October_Horse
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Lord of the Sacrificial Fire; Lord Fo the Sacrificial Fire
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Lord of all sacrificial offerings
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Lord of the sacrificial fire
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Worshipping; Sacrificing
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Self sacrificing
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