Other #76119 The ancient Greeks and sacrifice.

[AskSatanOperator]

Currently reading Homer's Odyssey.


The sacrifice of bulls is mentioned and described there quite often.


I read on JoS that sacrifices are not acceptable to our gods.


Was this just the “ignorance” of the time?

 

[Sonne]

These are allegories, references to something else. Mythologies should not be taken literally.

 

[Howl Starseeker]

Like Sonne said, Myths should not be taken literally. Most of the times these stories go much deeper than an actual historical description of an event.

Ancient Pagan peoples actually had strict laws preventing harming or sacrificing animals.

Here’s an explanation from High Priest Hooded Cobra from one of his posts:
What happened in Ancient Paganism was basically what is called the Pompais, which was essentially the consecration of meat. This goes in reverse, it's not a sacrifice, it's a blessing of the meat, where the God gives the energy, not the other way around. Because the meat is living, they brought it in front of the God (this is why they used the holy animals of the Gods with high reverence). The God would bless their food, and they would eat it as a sign of respect and nutrition. The Demons in this case came to give blessings, not to eat the diseased dead corpse.

Read this thread for more information.

Thread 'Blood Sacrifices Explained: Our Gods And "Their Gods" [Updated]'
https://ancient-forums.com/threads/blood-sacrifices-explained-our-gods-and-their-gods-updated.75413/

 

[SeguaceDiSatanas]

Currently reading Homer's Odyssey.

Some things are not literal or historical, but tales with deep spiritual morals. No God would ever order massacres of entire peoples. But an idea about a massacre of a people is an excellent pretext on which to create an Epic Poem in which a legendary story is told where spiritual knowledge is illustrated. Now perhaps this is not so easy to understand with a Western text so akin to our culture. But take the Epic Poem of Rāmāyaṇa as an example. Does it make sense to you to take it literally?