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On the anniversary of his Turning, a werewolf of the sect of The Lesser Light offers a sacrifice to God and howls out his confession--not only of what he has done, but also of what he is.
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Universe: Hound of God
Art by
silentravyn.Universe: Hound of God
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Fantasy
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Size 688 x 496px
File Size 66.8 kB
Well, goats ARE mentioned in Exodus as being perfectly suitable, and this isn't actually a goat, but a Bighorn Sheep.
Also, for members of THIS sect of Christians (Known as the Lesser Light, a reference to Genesis 1:16), cattle are particularly hard to come b, since most live a more hunter/gatherer lifestyle. The rules for an acceptable sacrifice are: Healthy (which makes hunts much harder), male, and kosher (split hoof, chews the cud). So the sacrifice could be a sheep or goat, but almost as often is a deer, antelope, springboc, ibex, or whatever wild ruminant the werewolf (or pack, in the case of pack-wide sacrifices) can hunt down; there is at least one recorded instance of African devotees sacrificing a giraffe. If the animal IS a bull, it is either a wild relative of cattle (like a buffalo, bison, wisent, ect.), or the werewolves traded for it.
Interesting to note, in the world of Hound of God, in which this scene takes place, the Lesser Light is one of the only Christian Sects to perform burnt offerings; those that make offerings of atonement (which is always the whole animal) are generally those that have no access to a written Bible but instead pass it down orally, and so believe that this yearly offering is required.
More civilized werewolves generally do not make offerings of atonement (the crucifixion of Christ was the final sacrifice), but will offer choice portions of animals they hunt down as burnt offerings, thus making sure that "God eats first" as part of thanking God for success in the hunt. Still, the anniversary of their Turning or their birthday (if they were born as werewolves) is NOT considered something to celebrate; many of them consider it a day of solemn fasting.
Also, for members of THIS sect of Christians (Known as the Lesser Light, a reference to Genesis 1:16), cattle are particularly hard to come b, since most live a more hunter/gatherer lifestyle. The rules for an acceptable sacrifice are: Healthy (which makes hunts much harder), male, and kosher (split hoof, chews the cud). So the sacrifice could be a sheep or goat, but almost as often is a deer, antelope, springboc, ibex, or whatever wild ruminant the werewolf (or pack, in the case of pack-wide sacrifices) can hunt down; there is at least one recorded instance of African devotees sacrificing a giraffe. If the animal IS a bull, it is either a wild relative of cattle (like a buffalo, bison, wisent, ect.), or the werewolves traded for it.
Interesting to note, in the world of Hound of God, in which this scene takes place, the Lesser Light is one of the only Christian Sects to perform burnt offerings; those that make offerings of atonement (which is always the whole animal) are generally those that have no access to a written Bible but instead pass it down orally, and so believe that this yearly offering is required.
More civilized werewolves generally do not make offerings of atonement (the crucifixion of Christ was the final sacrifice), but will offer choice portions of animals they hunt down as burnt offerings, thus making sure that "God eats first" as part of thanking God for success in the hunt. Still, the anniversary of their Turning or their birthday (if they were born as werewolves) is NOT considered something to celebrate; many of them consider it a day of solemn fasting.
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