@AdmiralHip I mean, mostly what we know about Celtic religion is that it *wasn't nice*. All those sacrificed bog bodies...
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Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore yeah it was pretty weird to say the least. although, the human sacrifice thing is a common theme among others too.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip animal sacrifices tended to be animals past their use, or just one joint. But big bodies are often young, strong people.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore as far as I know, the Romans and Greeks would sometimes use young animals. Purity thing I think.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip yeah, purity seems to be less of a concern for Celts, maybe? A lot of the animal & material sacrifices look like sharing.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip well yeah, you want to keep gods & ancestors happy! So you give them food, and pottery, and weapons, &c &c.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore although that is very standard in paganism I would say.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip depends on the pagans, eh? Classical era Rome didn't seem so...domestic...in its offerings!2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore The Lar is strange. No one knows what it is, not even the Romans knew its origins. Might have been an ancestor worship thing2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@civilwarbore In some epithets and inscriptions, they were associated with the honoured dead called the Di Manes.
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