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	Topics Animal sacrifice Topic Home Animal sacrificeSacrifice Sacrifice is commonly known as the practice of offering food, or the lives of animals or people to the gods, as an act of pr... is the ritualRitual A ritual is a set of actions, performed mainly for their symbolic value, which is prescribed by a religion or by the traditi... killing of an animalAnimal Animals are a major group of organisms, classified as the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa.... as part of a religionReligion Religion is a system of social coherence based on a common group of beliefs or attitudes concerning an object, person, unsee... . It is practised by many religions as a means of appeasing a god or gods or changing the course of nature. Animal sacrifice has turned up in almost all cultures, from the HebrewsHebrews Hebrews, were people who lived in Canaan, an area encompassing Israel, both banks of the Jordan River, Sinai, Lebanon, and ... to the GreeksAncient Greece Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history which lasted for around one thousand years and ended with the rise of Christia... and RomansFacts About Ancient Rome Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of the city-state of Rome, founded in the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th cent... and from the Aztecs to the Yoruba. Remnants of ancient rituals of animal sacrifice are apparent in many cultures, for example the Spanish bullfights, or kapparosKapparos Kapparos or Kaparot is a traditional Jewish religious ritual that takes place around the time of the High Holidays.... in JudaismJudaism Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people.... , or ritual prescriptions for slaughtering procedures like shechitaFacts About Shechita Shechita is the ritual slaughter of animals, as prescribed for slaughter of mammals and birds according to Jewish dietary la... or ?abi?ah. Slaughtering lambs is a common practise in Islam (the meat being typically consumed, not burned). Indo-European cultures historical Vedic religionFacts About Historical Vedic religion This article discusses the historical religious practices in the Vedic time period; see Dharmic religions for details of c... : AshvamedhaAshvamedha The Ashvamedha is one of the most important royal rituals of Vedic religion, described in detail in the Yajurveda.... Ancient Roman religion: Equus October, TauromachyFacts About Tauromachy Tauromachy" is a name for the cultural ritual of Bullfighting and also for the iconic central action of Mithras, the savior-... , TauroboliumTaurobolium Summary In ancient Rome, *taurobolium* referred to the sacrifice of a bull, usually in connection with the worship of the Great Mo... Ancient Greek religionAncient Greek religion Greek religion encompasses the collection of beliefs and rituals practiced in Ancient Greece in form of cult practices, thus... : Holocaust (sacrifice)Holocaust (sacrifice) A holocaust is a religious sacrifice that is completely consumed by fire.... , HecatombHecatomb In Ancient Greece, a Hecatomb was the sacrifice to the gods of 100 cattle.... Celtic paganism Germanic paganismGermanic paganism Germanic paganism refers to the religion and mythology of the Germanic nations preceding Christianization.... : BlótBlot A blot can refer to several different things.... Judaism See main article: KorbanKorban *Korban* is a Jewish practice of sacrifice or offering, usually that of an animal.... Many Jewish sources discuss the deeper meaning behind korbanot. For example, Sefer Hachinuch explains that an individual bringing an animal sacrifice for a sin understands that he personally should have been sacrificed as punishment for the rebellion against GodGod Overview God is the deity believed by monotheists to be the supreme reality.... inherent his the sin, but God mercifully accepts the sacrifice in his or her place. Furthermore, it is fitting that an animal is used as a sacrifice because at the moment of sin, the individual in question disregarded his elevated human soul, effectively acting as an animal. Islam Wealthy Muslims sacrifice an animal during the Festival of Sacrifice. This is also the time of(Pilgrimage to Mecca). Usually a sheep or goat (sometimes cattleCattle Cattle are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae.... or even camelCamel Camel refers to either of the two species of Camelid.... ) is sacrificed then distributed to the poor, in commemoration of God's forgiveness of IbrahimFacts About Ibrahim For information on the racehorse, see Ibrahim... from his vow to sacrifice his son IsmaelIsmaël Overview Isma?l is a given name or surname, and may refer to:... . India Although many HinduHindu A Hindu , as per modern definition, is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, the religious, phi... s are vegetarian, there are some templeTemple A temple is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, or analogous rites .... s in IndiaIndia India , officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia.... where goats are sacrificed and the blood tasted by the priests as part of a festival. Semmunisamy temple in poosariyur village in ErodeErode Erode is a municipal town in the state of Tamilnadu, India.... district of Tamil NaduTamil Nadu Tamil Nadu is a state at the southern tip of India.... is one of the places where this festival takes place every year on the TamilTamil people The Tamil people are an ethnic group from South Asia with a recorded history going back more than two millennia.... month of ChithiraiChithirai Chithirai is the first month in the Tamil Calendar.... . Latter Day Saints Animal sacrifice was instituted in the Book of the Law of the LordBook of the Law of the Lord The *Book of the Law of the Lord* is claimed to have been translated from metallic plates with the use of Urim and Thummim... , a scripture accepted by a minor Latter Day Saint faction known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite), founded by James J. Strang in 1844. Strang was a lawyer and newspaper editor from New York who had converted to Mormonism just prior to Joseph Smith'sJoseph Smith, Jr. Joseph Smith, Jr. was an American religious leader who founded the Latter Day Saint movement,... murder, and he claimed to have been appointed by Smith to succeed him as the Church President. Although the majority of Latter Day Saints rejected his claims, Strang managed to gain a sizable following before being murdered in 1856. In 1851, Strang announced publication of the Book of the Law of the Lord, purported to be a translation of the "Plates of LabanLaban (Book of Mormon) In the Book of Mormon, Laban is a man in Jerusalem who commands wealth and servants, and also possesses records on brass pla... " that figure prominently in parts of The Book of Mormon. Chapters 7 and 40 dealt with the topic of animal sacrifices. Given the prohibition on sacrifices for sin contained in III Nephi 9:19-20, Strang did not require sin offerings. Rather, he focused on sacrifice as an element of religious celebrations, especially the commemoration of his own coronationCoronation Source* Bury, J.B. 1923. History of the Later Roman Empire... as king (July 8, 1850). The head of every house, from the king to his lowest subject, was to offer "a heifer, or a lamb, or a dove. Every man a clean beast, or a clean fowl, according to his household." The killing of sacrifices was a prerogative of Strangite priests, but female priests were specifically barred from participating in this aspect of the priestly office. "Firstfruits" offerings were also demanded of all Strangite agricultural harvests. Animal sacrifices are no longer practiced by the Strangites, though belief in their correctness is still required. Other In Santeria, such animal offerings constitute an extremely small portion of what are termed "ebos" – ritual activities that include offerings, prayer and deeds. Some villages in Greece also sacrifice animals to Orthodox saints in a practise known as kourbània. See also Bans on ritual slaughterBans on ritual slaughter Bans on ritual slaughter have been proposed or enacted in a number of Europeans countries, from the early 1900s onward, resu... TzavTzav Tzav, Tsav, Zav, or Sav is the 25th weekly parshah or portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading ... Slaughter offerings Animal worshipAnimal worship Animal worship is an ill-defined term, covering facts ranging from the worship of the real divine animal, commonly conceived... Totemism PaganismPaganism Summary Paganism is a blanket term which has come to connote a broad set of western spiritual or religious beliefs and practices of... Folk religionFolk religion Folk religion consists of beliefs, superstitions and cultural practices transmitted from generation to generation.... Animals in BuddhismAnimals in Buddhism The position and treatment of animals in Buddhism is important for the light it sheds on Buddhists' perception of their own ... Islam and animalsIslam and animals Overview This article is about animals in Islamic thought.... Animal rightsAnimal rights Animal rights, animal liberation, or animal personhood, Michael, Steven.... Animal welfareAnimal welfare Summary Animal welfare is the viewpoint that animals, especially those under human care, should not suffer unnecessarily, including ...