Before revision: Examples include: Animal sacrifice, the ritual killing and offering of an animal, usually as part of a religious ritual or to appease or maintain favour with a deity Human sacrifice, the act of killing one or more humans as part of a ritual, usually intended to please or appease gods, spirits or the dead ancestors, such as a propitiatory offerings or as a retainer sacrifice when a king's servants are killed in order for them to continue to serve their master in the next life Child sacrifice, the ritualistic killing of children in order to please or appease a deity, supernatural beings, or sacred social order, tribal, group or national loyalties in order to achieve a desired result Sacrifice in ancient Roman religion Hostia, an offering, usually an animal, in a sacrifice Victima, an animal offering in a sacrifice, or very rarely a hum
After revision: Sacrificial victims of MinotaurExamples include: Animal sacrifice, the ritual killing and offering of an animal, usually as part of a religious ritual or to appease or maintain favour with a deity Human sacrifice, the act of killing one or more humans as part of a ritual, usually intended to please or appease gods, spirits or the dead ancestors, such as a propitiatory offerings or as a retainer sacrifice when a king's servants are killed in order for them to continue to serve their master in the next life Child sacrifice, the ritualistic killing of children in order to please or appease a deity, supernatural beings, or sacred social order, tribal, group or national loyalties in order to achieve a desired result Sacrifice in ancient Roman religion Hostia, an offering, usually an animal, in a sacrifice Victima, an animal offering in a sacrifice, or very rarely a hum