Human sacrifice in folklore and mythology
35 entries in the Human Sacrifice in Folklore and Mythology compendium.
Alcyoneus (son of Diomos)Youth saved from sacrifice by a lover who slays the monster.Androcleia and AlcisSisters who died willingly to save their city.Andromeda (mythology)Princess of Aethiopia rescued by Perseus from a sea monster.Binding of IsaacGod commands Abraham to sacrifice Isaac; a ram is substituted.Binding of IshmaelIslamic narrative of Abraham's sacrifice of his son Ishmael.Blood libelFalse accusation that Jews murder Christians for ritual blood use.Book of AbrahamLatter Day Saint scripture attributed to Abraham.Bridge of ArtaStone bridge rebuilt many times since Roman foundations.Callirhoë (Calydonian woman)Calydonian maiden whose rejection caused a Dionysian plague.Cleostratus (mythology)Thespian youth saved from dragon by his lover Menestratus.Comaetho (priestess)Priestess whose love brought plague and sacrifice.CoresusTwo mythological figures: a founder and a tragic priest.Crom CruachPre-Christian Irish god associated with human sacrifice.Demophon of ElaeusKing who sacrificed maidens and whose daughters were killed in revenge.DomaldeLegendary Swedish king sacrificed to restore good harvests.Eubule (mythology)Athenian maiden who sacrificed herself for her city.Idomeneus (son of Deucalion)Cretan king who led eighty ships to Troy and sacrificed his son.IphigeniaDaughter of Agamemnon, sacrificed or rescued by Artemis at Aulis.Macaria (daughter of Heracles)Daughter of Heracles who sacrificed herself for her kin.MelanippusA name shared by many figures in Greek myth and history.Menestratus (Thespiae)Thespian who died slaying a dragon to save his lover.Menippe and MetiocheDaughters of Orion who sacrificed themselves to end a plague.MenoeceusTwo Theban figures, one a grandfather, one a sacrificial prince.MolochBiblical figure or term linked to child sacrifice and later figurative usage.NyctimusArcadian prince and youngest son of King Lycaon.PalinurusCoxswain sacrificed so Trojans could reach Italy.PelopsKing of Pisa whose cult inspired the Olympic Games.PhrixusSon of Athamas, rescued by a golden-fleeced ram.PolyxenaTrojan princess sacrificed on Achilles' tomb after the war.PraxitheaName shared by five women in Greek mythology.Theodore the Varangian and his son JohnVarangian Christian father and son martyred in Kievan Rus'.TheopeTwo mythological women: a sacrificed Athenian and a Maenad.Threefold deathA Proto-Indo-European theme of death by three means.TōxcatlAztec month and festival dedicated to Tezcatlipoca.Wicker manA disputed ancient Gaulish sacrificial figure of wickerwork and wood.
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