Strange History?

Question

What are some strange things that cultures do as a part of religion or belief, like a ritual. like on culture that worships cows. What are other strange things, or events in history that are really interesting?

Answer 1

In India there is a temple dedicated to rats and is overrun with the little white rodents. Offerings of milk and bread are left for the little "gods".

The now extinct thuggee religion believed in the hindu god Kali Thuggee groups practiced large-scale robbery and murder of travellers. Their modus operandi was first to befriend unsuspecting travellers and win their trust. When the travellers allowed the thugs to join them, the group of thugs killed them at a suitable place and time before robbing them. Their method of killing was very often strangulation. Usually two or three thugs were used to strangle one traveller. The thugs hid the corpses, often by burying them or sometimes by throwing them into wells.[1]

Thuggee groups consisted both of Hindus and Muslims though their patron was the Hindu Goddess Kali whom they often called Bhavaani. Some historians classify the thugs as a cult or sect.

They preferred to kill their victims at certain suitable places, called beles that they knew well. They killed their victims usually in darkness while the thugs made music or noise to escape discovery. Each member of the group had their own function, like luring travellers with charming words, or guardians to prevent escape of victims while the killing took place. The leader of a gang was called jamaadaar.

They were the bad guys in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"

Answer 2

Study the Great Schism in the late 1300s. it was when there were 2 Popes, and actually toward the end there was 3. it is a very interesting subject

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Answer 3

The people sacrificed to the sun god in the days of the Aztecs gave their lives willingly and didn't consider themselves as victims.

Answer 4

A lot of cultures worship a jewish sky god every Sunday and claim they can talk to him and he talks to them.