I was with them until this part:
while in the Balkan peninsula a small bread image of the deceased is made and eaten by the survivors of the family.
That crosses over into 'what the fuck is wrong with you people' territory.
I dunno, adding gingerbread yous as a party favor to your funeral sounds absolutely fantastic. Every funeral I’ve been to would have been improved by gingerbread people of whoever died.
Right? Who eats bread-body without blood-wine?
Everyone knows that bloodwine is for pairing with gagh, not puny p-taq bread
In this house voodoo effigies are for eating only not burning.
In Master and Commander, the first book in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, a former sin eater is abused by his shipmates out of prejudice. It's an interesting subplot in an excellent book.
The Royal Navy hated pirates, but I count them among my shipmates.
Wasn't there a movie with Heath Ledger about that?
The Order.
There was a really intriguing subplot based around this ritual in the latest season of Fargo
Oh yeah and that dude was like 509 years old. But that was never explained how or why he lived so long.
Turns out sin is very very nutritious
But also all the fargo seasons have some underexplained supernatural phenomenon
The Martyr Made podcast has a Great episode on how Cannibalism evolved into the rituals we follow today. Sin eating feels like a direct descendant.
Would recommend if you have 3+hrs!
https://www.martyrmade.com/featured-podcasts/human-sacrifice-and-cannibalism
(Spotify link) https://open.spotify.com/episode/6vycbiPKo6dddYQVYw5HLE
Huh that’s interesting
