Ashvamedha is a sacred horse sacrifice practiced by followers of the Śrauta tradition of Vedic religion. An elaborate ritual system of...

The link between sacrifice and creation already exists when Proto-Indo-Europeans emerge as a significant language group c. 4500 - 2500...

After three years of famine, legendary King Domalde is sacrificed at Uppsala, Sweden . Icelandic poet Snorri Sturluson chronicles the...

Yule was never the same since the royal decree of King Haakon the Good of Norway, in an attempt to minimize the pagan festivities, merged...

Fertility myth and ritual appear in mythology and practice throughout the world. Common to many cultures is the theme of the sacrificial...