Some myths present sacrifice as a way of setting right the relationship between people and gods. The Fan tribe of Africa sacrificed to appease their crocodile god, Ombure.
The Kikuyu people of Kenya in eastern Africa tell of a time when no rain fell for three years. The crops dried up, and the people asked their magician what they should do. After performing a magical ceremony, he told them to bring goats to buy a maiden named Wanjiru. The next day everyone gathered around Wanjiru, who began to sink into the ground. When her family tried to help her, those around gave them goats, so the family let her sink. As Wanjiru sank inch by inch into the ground, rain began to fall. By the time she disappeared into the ground, the rain was pouring down. Afterwards, a young warrior who loved Wanjiru went to the place where she had disappeared. Letting himself sink into the underworld, he found Wanjiru, brought her back to the surface, and married her.
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I belive that human sacrafice was a very big and important step in the development of human culture. Sure now we think it was wrong but to the people of this time period and in pretty much every geographical place it was a way of understanding and worshiping these supernatural beings, gods, that they hold so dear. Fearing starvation a group of people depend on their survival instinct and lets face it, humans are barbarians no matter how you look at it.
ReplyDeleteyes mr. H i know i have no life, so be it lol
~mieke b
p.s you never played 3 little birds yesterday :(
what? no life? just visiting this sit proves that you have taste...INDEED!!! I really liked what youve written here...especially the "barbarian" idea..great. Its good that you seem to have an objective view of cultural differences- without judgment...that is a great beginning to real learning- putting aside your own prejudices and ideals to try and understand another culture. BRAVO!!!
ReplyDeleteI believe we still practice human sacrifice in today's society. Not in the usual sense of physically killing somebody to appease the gods, but more in the sense of pointing out one's insecurities to make yourself feel better. sort of a social sacrifice to appease yourself as a god. or in the sense of sports such as wrestling, beating up your opponent to appease your own ego. or in football, beating your opponent to appease the crowd gods. So in conclusion, it is my reaction to human sacrifice that we still participate in the act, it has just taken on a few different forms.
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yes armadillo ... i think the hints of human sacrifice and the same type of BLOOD LUST still exists - have you watched UFC?.....however, i wonder if there is a correlation to crop growth or friendly weather patterns. thanks for stopping by...
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