Human sacrifice

Post Flood

The Phoenicians

The Phoenicians practiced ritual sacrifices and offerings, but there is debate over whether they engaged in human sacrifice.

Philo, of Byblos

The Phoenician history

Fragment 3 (PE 1.10.44=4.16.11)E) On Human Sacrifice.

Greece

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.

Mokosh, Perun, Svarog

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.

Aztec mythology

The 5 Suns

This belief underpinned the Aztec practice of human sacrifice.

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.

Biblical

King David

Human sacrifice, though less common, is also attested in the worship of these deities.