Recent findings reveal that Pagan Baltic societies sacrificed female horses, in addition to males, and engaged in trade with Christian neighbors from the 1st to the 13th centuries. Evidence shows that Christians supplied Medieval Pagans with horses for these sacrifices. Horse remains indicate that these trade networks extended overseas, providing the last horses for sacrifices in Europe.
The old gods demanded smoking altars running with blood and horses were sometimes more valued than humans for that purpose The Scythians at times would guard their burial mounds with Death Riders, armored man and horse sacrificed and crucified in place upright to rot away https://t.co/HDWYTDdSNh
Pagan-Christian Trade Networks Supplied Horses From Overseas For The Last Horse Sacrifices In Europe https://t.co/qUttKvzlWR
Christians Supplied Medieval Pagans With Horses for Sacrifice https://t.co/l9x5sINGlQ
Horse remains show Pagan-Christian trade networks supplied horses from overseas for the last horse sacrifices in Europe https://t.co/FKppXTuSVq
Pagan Baltic society sacrificed female horses—not just males—and traded equines with Christian neighbors from the 1st to the 13th centuries. https://t.co/Zb8jNhyzj2 https://t.co/MclJTK8fE2