
#9 – Sacrifice & Oppression at the Dawn of Tyranny
The Martyr Made Podcast
The King's Execution
Many sacrificial rites contain this element of ransom. It's not uncommon that such replacements are conceived in an attempt to almost trick the god into believing that they'd gotten what they actually came for. In Aztec society, for example, nobility would frequently dress as animals, as various types of beast or jaguar. This reminds me of a story i just thought of: Some one of the name mayanja has advised the king that to hasten his recovery, it is necessary to slaughter people on several hills around the capital. We say we don't like tyrants, and yet we demand that ar in our leaders give us displays of strength,. ritual denunciations of enemies and all
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