This was the man alleged to be leading rituals involving island children.
Some rituals involved the sacrifice being killed with bow and arrows.
In addition, the service includes rituals involving the Four Species.
Like many rituals involving a sacrifice, there's an emotional wrench right in the middle of this one.
Typically, these rituals involve the male building a courtship nest for the female.
One common ritual involves drinking wine with a drop of blood from each participant dissolved in it.
It has been surmised that this was because such a ritual involved the prisoners' warrior status being taken away.
Yet rituals rarely, if ever, involved dramatic reenactments of myths.
Many times, these rituals involve a small group of people, but private rituals do exist.
Religious rituals involving war, agriculture, and death are regularly held outside the pomerium.