Wicker man
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A wicker man was purportedly a large wicker statue in which the druids sacrificed humans and animals by burning. The primary evidence for this practice is a sentence by Roman general Julius Caesar in
An 18th-century illustration of a wicker man. Engraving from A Tour in Wales written by Thomas Pennant.
Illustration of human sacrifices in Gaul from Myths and legends; the Celtic race (1910) by T. W. Rolleston
Wicker man on fire at the Archaeolink Prehistory Park, Oyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
A lifesize modern pagan wicker man, in south east London, England
Human sacrifice
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Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more humans as part of a ritual, which is typically intended to please or appease gods, a human ruler, public or jurisdictional demands for justice by capi
The Sacrifice of Iphigeneia, a depiction of a sacrificial procession on a mosaic from Roman Spain
Human sacrifice in the kingdom of Dahomey
Hawaiian sacrifice, from Jacques Arago's account of Freycinet's travels around the world from 1817 to 1820
The mythological sacrifice of Polyxena by the triumphant Greeks at the end of the Trojan War