MetaFilter posts tagged with sacrifice

The Frozen Maiden

timory — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:52:56 -0800

The maiden, the boy, the girl of lightning: they were three Inca children, entombed on a bleak and frigid mountaintop 500 years ago as a religious sacrifice.

General Chao's Pork

jonson — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:13:38 -0800

2000 pigs sacrifice to the deity General Chao of Wudeh temple.

slippery slippery slope

trinarian — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 11:23:02 -0800

All those in favor of a mandatory web labeling law, say "ay!"

languagehat — Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:15:59 -0800

The Devil's Bridge. For Halloween, tales of bridges where the devil took a hand in the building: "If I help you, I'll have the soul of the first who crosses the bridge!" But the devil gets fooled... [more]