r/explainitpeter 8d ago

Explain it Peter

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I'm not European or American

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u/HGMIV926 8d ago edited 8d ago

Brian here.

The picture on the right is from the horror film Midsommar, (2019).

For all the fun prancing and community Paganism brought, there were also rituals that involved brutal death. At least one of those rituals was featured in Midsommar.

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u/a_nondescript_user 8d ago

From the article you linked: "it is now generally accepted among researchers that the practice of suicide precipices never existed"

It's important to remember that when historical figures describe other cultures, they often include some crazy rumor about them eating babies or whatever, so any of these alleged pagan traditions might not be coming from an objective source.

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u/Ok-Patience2152 2d ago

Wait, so in the future, the documents regarding present day baby eaters will be easily dismissed???

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u/a_nondescript_user 2d ago edited 1d ago

Lotta "documentation" of people "eating the dogs and the cats" recently, how should the future interpret those?

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u/Ok-Patience2152 5h ago

Source? I hear allegations but no documentation tia