Home›Subcategories›Sacrificial RitualsSubcategoriesSacrificial Rituals27 of 272 entries in Rituals. Click any to see everything it connects to.Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Sacrificial Rituals." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/ritual/sacrificial-rituals.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Sacrificial Rituals. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/ritual/sacrificial-ritualsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-sacrificial-rituals, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Sacrificial Rituals}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/ritual/sacrificial-rituals}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe ritual offering of an animal, substance or symbolic substitute to a deity or sacred power, one of the oldest ritual forms represented on the site and among the most widely, if unevenly, attested across the traditions here.FactsLearn MoreSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites in which something is given up by a prescribed procedure to a recipient the tradition names - an animal, grain, ghee, a substitute. The one English word covers acts with no common mechanism: a Vedic oblation poured into fire, a Norse blot and an Islamic qurbani whose meat is distributed to the poor answer to different accounts of what the giving does. 2OriginsWhose Classification This IsWell-attestedThe comparative category was built by successive theorists - Tylor's gift theory, Robertson Smith's communion, Hubert and Mauss's essay of 1898, later Girard and Burkert - each generalising from a different tradition. No one theory has been accepted as covering the field, and the category holds only loosely. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedUsed, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed 2BrowseCompareSelect all 27AgnicayanaSacrificial Rituals4 linksAgnihotraSacrificial Rituals5 linksAsham (The Reparation Offering)Sacrificial Rituals4 linksAshvamedhaSacrificial Rituals4 linksBlotSacrificial Rituals5 linksChatat (The Purification Offering)Sacrificial Rituals9 linksFeng and Shan SacrificesSacrificial Rituals5 linksHomaSacrificial Rituals5 linksIyomanteSacrificial Rituals2 linksJongmyo JeryeSacrificial Rituals3 linksKorban (The Israelite Offering)Sacrificial Rituals20 linksMesoamerican BallgameSacrificial Rituals4 linksMinchah (The Grain Offering)Sacrificial Rituals5 linksNiqu (Animal Offering)Sacrificial Rituals1 linkOlah (The Burnt Offering)Sacrificial Rituals7 linksQurbaniSacrificial Rituals11 linksShelamim (The Offering of Well Being)Sacrificial Rituals5 linksSoma SacrificeSacrificial Rituals7 linksSrauta RitesSacrificial Rituals4 linksSun DanceSacrificial Rituals3 linksTaimiao Ancestral SacrificeSacrificial Rituals4 linksTamid (The Daily Offering)Sacrificial Rituals10 linksThe HecatombSacrificial Rituals3 linksThe PiaculumSacrificial Rituals6 linksThe SuovetauriliaSacrificial Rituals5 linksThysia (Greek Animal Sacrifice)Sacrificial Rituals8 linksYajna (Fire Sacrifice)Sacrificial Rituals5 linksLearn MoreThe sacrificial rituals This group gathers sacrificial rituals, the rites of offering, in which something of value (food, drink, animal or symbol) is given to the divine, whether in thanksgiving, petition, atonement or communion. Sacrifice is among the most ancient and widespread forms of religious act. The browser will find sacrificial rituals from across the traditions. The entries describe each rite's form and meaning, noting the tradition that performs it and the purpose the offering serves.Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. SacrificeView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year