While myself a practitioner of Wicca, I have taken a strong interest in Greek and Roman gods and Hellenistic religion of the ancient world. Consequently, Hellenic and Roman reconstructionists are among the more interesting polytheistic revival religions in modern day.
I have a question for those of you who know more about it, and/or practise it: since animal sacrifices were so integral to ancient Roman and Greek religious practice, do modern revivalists also perform animal sacrifices and burn parts of them as offerings? If so, are sacrifices done in situ with live animals? Or are the bones and spare bits of already-dead animals burnt before a meal?
I have a question for those of you who know more about it, and/or practise it: since animal sacrifices were so integral to ancient Roman and Greek religious practice, do modern revivalists also perform animal sacrifices and burn parts of them as offerings? If so, are sacrifices done in situ with live animals? Or are the bones and spare bits of already-dead animals burnt before a meal?
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