They also carried small wooden and skin shields on which were painted crude symbols of their barbaric religion-said to include regular human sacrifice.

These laws included light, incense and sacrifice.

"Does it still include human sacrifice?"

Maya dance rituals often included sacrifice.

Causes of death include sacrifice, or death in warfare, and of course more or less natural deaths.

The narrative pattern depends on the activity engaged in by the heroine and commonly includes sacrifice, affliction, choice, and competition.

There were also signs that worship of this deity included human sacrifice.

Rituals included human sacrifice, which was not part of the worship of the other gods.

This ceremony includes personal sacrifice: fasting and prayer over several days in a location isolated from the rest of the community.

The story's themes include moral indebtedness and obligation, loyalty to family and friends, and sacrifice.