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The Sacrifice (1911 Film)
A sacrifice is the practice of offering food, or the lives of animals or people to the gods, as an act of propitiation or worship. Sacrifice may also refer to: Books *''The Sacrifice'', a 1956 novel by Adele Wiseman *''Sacrifice'', a 1985 thriller novel by Graham Masterton *''Sacrifice'', a 1991 novel by Andrew Vachss#The Burke series, Andrew Vachss *The Sacrifice (The Fey), ''The Sacrifice'' (''The Fey''), a 1995 novel by Kristine Kathryn Rusch *The Sacrifice (Applegate novel), ''The Sacrifice'' (Applegate novel), a 2001 book in the ''Animorphs'' series *''Sacrifice'', a 2007 novel in the ''Legacy of the Force'' series *''Left 4 Dead: The Sacrifice'', a 2010 graphic novel *The Sacrifice (Higson novel), ''The Sacrifice'' (Higson novel), a 2011 young adult horror novel by Charlie Higson *''Sacrifice'', a 2012 fantasy novel by Cayla Kluver and the final book in the ''Legacy (novel series), Legacy series'' *The Sacrifice (Oates novel), ''The Sacrifice'' (Oates novel), a 2015 novel b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacrifice
Sacrifice is the offering of material possessions or the lives of animals or humans to a deity as an act of propitiation or worship. Evidence of ritual animal sacrifice has been seen at least since ancient Hebrews and Greeks, and possibly existed before that. Evidence of ritual human sacrifice can also be found back to at least pre-Columbian civilizations of Mesoamerica as well as in European civilizations. Varieties of ritual non-human sacrifices are practiced by numerous religions today. Terminology The Latin term ''sacrificium'' (a sacrifice) derived from Latin ''sacrificus'' (performing priestly functions or sacrifices), which combined the concepts ''sacra'' (sacred things) and ''facere'' (to do or perform). The Latin word ''sacrificium'' came to apply to the Christian eucharist in particular, sometimes named a "bloodless sacrifice" to distinguish it from blood sacrifices. In individual non-Christian ethnic religions, terms translated as "sacrifice" include the Indic ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
