Flood Stories from Around the World
But the flood rose nearly to the top of the tableland, and the people, fearing it would drown them all, decided to offer a human sacrifice to appease the angry waters.
Selestor’s Men of Atlantis
Yea, I give thee origin of human sacrifice as thou hast asked.
The Phoenicians
The Phoenicians practiced ritual sacrifices and offerings, but there is debate over whether they engaged in human sacrifice.
The Phoenician history
Fragment 3 (PE 1.10.44=4.16.11)E) On Human Sacrifice.
Mount Lycaeus
It is believed that the sanctuary on Mount Lycaeus is one of the oldest in Greece, with rituals that may have included animal, and possibly even human sacrifices.
In 2016, excavations of the ash altar revealed a 3000-year-old skeleton of an adolescent boy thought to be a human sacrifice. The researchers explained it is not a cemetery, and the skeleton was lined with stones, showing that it was not a typical human burial.
Plato and other ancient writers linked Mount Lykaion specifically to human sacrifices to Zeus—the legends say a sacrificed boy would be cooked with sacrificed animal meat and those who consumed the human portion would become a wolf for 9 years.
Slavic Paganism
Human sacrifice, particularly of widows, was practiced, reflecting a cultural belief in the afterlife that demanded the sacrifice of wives upon their husbands' deaths.
The 5 Suns
This belief underpinned the Aztec practice of human sacrifice.
The book of the Angels
Idolatry and Sacrifice: The people of Atlantis engage in extreme idolatry, worshipping various deities and making horrific sacrifices, including human sacrifices.
Human sacrifices were a common practice, with hearts being offered on altars, and victims often being subjected to torturous deaths.
King David
Human sacrifice, though less common, is also attested in the worship of these deities.