Sacrifice to the pit

The sacrifice to the pit is, as its name entails, a sacrifice into a pit. This pit was built by humans hundreds of years before they went extinct. When the Ostrilopes discovered this pit, they believed it to be the endless stomach of their Lord Bigsacmightis. Every lunar moon, they give Bigsacmightis two sacrifices, an adult Carnithon, and a baby Ostrilope. The Carnithon is believed to be the one who pushes the real sacrifice, the child, down to the pit. Although no one knows how it started, as it did over one hundred years ago, there are some ideas.
1. The Ostrilopes saw a drawing of an adult Carnithon and a baby Ostrilope being pushed into a hole, and decided to look for one to do this.
2. The Ostrilopes were attacking a Carnithon when they pushed it, and a child who got in the way, into the pit. Too embarrassed to admit they made a mistake, they started an entire religion off of it. 
3. They do it for fun.
Although this ritual may seem wrong, the Ostrilopes have been doing it for over a hundred years, so the entire generation thinks that this sacrifice is okay. The ones that do not think that this is okay are thrown into the very same pit and killed.
Category:Rituals