It was devastating to hear about beheadings on the news from those radical groups in Iraq. But even David cut off the head of Goliath.
2007-07-04 00:30:06 · 3 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Its a trophy of all the killings and proof that the deed was done. You can carry more heads back home after a long hard day of killing then all those bodies.
hahaha...
2007-07-04 00:51:52 · answer #1 · answered by wickedly_funny66 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For as long as humans have had the tools with which to do it, the cutting off of the head signified the transfer of power, or wished-for characteristic, from the victim to the victor, or from the prey to the predator.
In some cultures, the head of an ancestor was and is retained and maintained as a source of strength and wisdom, and/or as a link with the gods or those already in the afterlife.
In our modern western cultures we paint portraits, sculpt busts or take photographs pretty much for the same reasons.
2007-07-04 07:59:15 · answer #2 · answered by doshiealan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
some believe that if the human body is mutilated then when the soul/spirit enters the next plane of existence the soul/spirit must do without the mutilated part. in this case the person would be headless in the next plane of existence.
2007-07-04 10:48:29 · answer #3 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋