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human sacrifice

offering of a human being to a god or goddess in tribute, as an act of repentance, to ask forgiveness, or in exchange for a favor
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human sacrifice

Summary

human sacrifice has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • human sacrifice is a type of sacrifice[2].
  • human sacrifice is a type of homicide[3].
  • human sacrifice is a type of cause of death[4].
  • human sacrifice's Commons category is recorded as Human sacrifice[5].
  • human sacrifice's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Human sacrifice[6].
  • human sacrifice's described by source is recorded as Der Volks-Brockhaus[7].
  • human sacrifice's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • human sacrifice's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include sacrifice[2], homicide[3], and cause of death[4].

Why It Matters

human sacrifice has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0450919-lidske-obeti
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0450919-lidske-obeti, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259490|batch #259490]]"
  2. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Human sacrifice
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → sacrifice, homicide, cause of death
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007551065205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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