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Scopri le pratiche antiche di scelta delle vittime attraverso il lotto, come descritto in "The Golden Bough". Esplora le cerimonie uniche in diverse culture, dall'uso di frecce in Svezia ai rituali messicani. Un viaggio affascinante nel mondo della magia e della religione.

The Golden Bough A study of magic and religion Page: 294 This practice of choosing the victim by lot was accompanied by ceremonies which varied in different places. In some parts of Sweden the choice was made by means of an arrow or dart, one end of which was coloured, and the other was pointed. The arrow was stuck in a block of wood, and the person on whom the coloured end fell was the victim. In some parts of Sweden the lot was cast by means of a wooden bowl, sometimes called a “devil’s bowl,” into which were thrown twelve pieces of wood, eleven of them white and one black. The bowl was then shaken and allowed to stand a night, and in the morning the man on whom the black piece of wood had fallen was the victim. Again, in some parts of Sweden the lot was cast in the following way. A number of men stood in a row; each of them held a lighted candle in his hand. A white and a black stone were placed in a box, and the box was shaken. The box was then opened, and he on whom the black stone had fallen was the victim. A similar mode of choosing a victim is known to have been practised by the ancient Mexicans in the sacrificial ceremonies with which they celebrated the festival of the god Tezcatlipoca. Sometimes an image of the god to be propitiated was made of wax, and the choice of the victim was determined by lot by means of this image. Thus at the festival of Teutates, which was celebrated in Gaul and Britain, an image of the god with a drawn sword in its right hand used to be made of wax, and the sacrifice was determined by lot. A man and a woman, who were clad only in a white robe and a white fillet, were brought before the image. The man was called the Hercules, the woman the Minerva. The image was then placed between the two, and a priest, after prayer, drew lots, one for the man and the other for the woman. He who drew the lot of Hercules was immediately sacrificed. The lot of Minerva saved her from death, and she was dismissed. In other cases both the man and the woman were put to death. In parts of Sweden the lot for sacrificing a man used to be determined by means of an arrow or dart, one end of which was coloured. On the day of the sacrifice a man and a woman, both belonging to the district, used to stand before the image of the god. The arrow with the coloured end was then stuck in the ground between them, and the person on whom the coloured end of the arrow fell was the victim. Amongst the ancient Mexicans the choice of the victim was determined by drawing lots, one lot for the man and another for the woman. The lots were pieces of parchment, inscribed with certain characters, which were placed in a vessel, and the victim was he on whom the lot fell.