Human Sacrifice--in History and Today

Africa alive ancient animal anthropologist Aztec became blood body British burial buried burned burnt cannibalism captives century ceremony chief child Christian codices cooked corpse cult custom Dahomey dance dead death decapitated died Dionysus Dyaks eaten eating Emperor enemy European father feast Fiji fire forms of sacrifice goddess gods Greek Guinea hand hara-kiri headhunting headshrinking Hindu honour human flesh human head human leopards human offering human sacrifice human victims hundred Ibid India instance island Jivaros Kali king King of Dahomey king's known leopard Leopard Societies living man-eating Meriahs Mexico missionaries Moctezuma II Nahuatl native neighbouring notion Osiris practice priest prisoners pyre religion religious rites ritual killing ruler sacred sacrificed Sahagún scapegoat seppuku skulls slain slaves Spanish stone story strangled suicide survived suttee tabus Tahiti taken temple Thugs tomb took torture tribal tribes trophies Tupinambas village warriors widows women Yahweh