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Ruth's Arts and Letters: "The Buffalo Wife, Based on a Blackfoot Myth"
A Blackfoot Myth called "The Buffalo Wife" by Ruth Powell in which a chief's daughter makes a sacrifice for her tribe.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Isaac
This site gives the story of Isaac, the son of Abraham and Sara. It tells the Biblical account of God's gift of a son to Abraham and Sara, the desired sacrifice, and the final outcome. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Vincent Van Gogh's Flower Beds in Holland
A simple lesson plan on the concept of opportunity costs or sacrifices. A short quiz on this concept is also provided.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Christmas at Red Butte by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Read the short story "Christmas at Red Butte" by Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of "Anne of Green Gables", about a Christmas sacrifice.
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Brunelleschi
This site provides the art of the well-known Florentine sculptor and architect, Brunelleschi. Each art clip is accompanied by a brief commentary describing the scene.
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Life and Death in Ancient Mexico
This site describes the religious beliefs of the Olmecs and other ancient Mexicans, especially in regard to life and death, using artifacts and myths.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Abel
This site tells the story of Abel, the second-born son of Adam and Eve. It tells the story of his purity and love of God and how he was eventually murdered by his jealous older brother Cain. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia?...
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Ccel: Easton's Bible Dictionary: Day of Atonement
A simple definition of the day of atonement. It also has some links to other pages that will be helpful.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Lectisternium
Sacrifices being of the nature of feasts, the Greeks and Romans, on occasion of extraordinary solemnities, placed images of the gods reclining on couches, with tables and viands before them, as if they were really partaking of the things...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Acerra
The incense-box or censer used in sacrifices. The acerra was also a small moveable alter placed before the dead, on which perfumes were burnt. The use of the accerrae at funerals was forbidden by a law of the Twelve Tables as an...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Antinous
It was during Hadrian's sojourn in this country that his favorite, the beautiful Birthynian named Antinous, cast himself for his master's sake into the Nile, and was drowned. t appears that the oracle at Besa had informed the Emperor...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Canephoros
A virgin who carried a flat circular basket at sacrifices, in which the chaplet of flowers, the knife to slay the victim, and sometimes the frankincense were deposited. The name, however, was more particularly applied to two virgins of...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Culter
A knife with only one edge, which formed a straight line. The blade was pointed, and its back curved. It was used for a variety of purposes, but chiefly for killing animals either in the slaughter house, or in hunting, or at the altars...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: High Priest of Israel
Also known as Kohen Gadol or Kohen ha-Gadol. The High Priest of Israel could officiate sacrifices and enter the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur.
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