The Tongues of Greek Sacrificial Victims
In the Greek ritual of animal sacrifice a rather unusual use was reserved for the tongue of the victim. While most of the animal was either burned in offering to the deity or enjoyed as a feast by the participants, the tongue was cut out and laid aside. Why the tongue was treated differently from th...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1981
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Harvard theological review
Year: 1981, Volume: 74, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-29 |
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