The latest examples of such sacrifices are known from the eastern Baltic region, where the practice continued among pagan communities up until the 13th-14th centuries. Researchers have previously ...

A blessing (from to bless, Old English bleodsian or bletsian) originally meant "sprinkling with blood" during the pagan sacrifices ... formal blessings of the church are performed by bishops ...

Although the legend surrounding this site is quite gruesome, it should be noted that this is the only mention of human sacrifice ... building of his church. As an ardent pagan, Crom refused ...

The pagan priests there ascribed the silence of their oracles to his frequent passings. One day they seized him, and when he refused to sacrifice ... honorable burial. A church was erected where ...