Opfergang (The Great Sacrifice or Rite of Sacrifice) is a 1944 German film directed by Veit Harlan. It is based on Rudolf G. Binding's work of the same title...

Human sacrifice was common in many parts of Mesoamerica, so the rite was nothing new to the Aztecs when they arrived at the Valley of Mexico, nor was...

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...

chapter 22 of the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. In the biblical narrative, God orders Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac at Moriah. As Abraham begins...

37:107: We ransomed him with a great sacrifice. The second strand, provided by Tabari, states that Abraham was about to sacrifice his son Ishmael, and Iblis...

Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more humans as part of a ritual, which is usually intended to please or appease gods, a human ruler, public...

to the Māgha month (January – February). According to William Logan, "Maha Makham" means literally "Great Sacrifice". Different renderings of the name...

human sacrifice. Child sacrifice is thought to be an extreme extension of the idea that the more important the object of sacrifice, the more devout the person...

The Sacrifice (Swedish: Offret) is a 1986 drama film written and directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Starring Erland Josephson, the film was produced by the...

to the blood of an animal" and is sometimes known as Jhatka Bali among Hindus. The Kalika Purana distinguishes bali (sacrifice), mahabali (great sacrifice)...