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Sacrificial Death

Sacrificial Death is a mythic motif in which a divine or archetypal figure voluntarily undergoes death as an atoning or transformative act that enables communal renewal, cosmic order, or spiritual redemption.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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The optimal sacrifice: A study of voluntary death among the Siberian Chukchi

Rane Willerslev · American Ethnologist · 2009 · 65 citations

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Sacrificial cell death and trichome breakage in an oscillatoriacean blue-green alga: the role of murein

Hayes C. Lamont · Archives of Microbiology · 1969 · 64 citations

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Death, war, and sacrifice: studies in ideology and practice

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 58 citations

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The fallacy of the willing victim

F. S. Naiden · The Journal of Hellenic Studies · 2007 · 57 citations

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Culture and sacrifice: ritual death in literature and opera

Choice Reviews Online · 2008 · 52 citations

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Authors

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  1. AH
    Angela Hobart

    North-West State Technical University, Russia

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  2. MS
    Marilyn Swinton

    McMaster University, Canada

    1 publications · 38 citations

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  3. EK
    Edward Kessler

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 39 citations

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  4. HS
    Haluk Sağlamtimur

    Ege University, Türkiye

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. MV
    Meredith Vanstone

    McMaster University, Canada

    1 publications · 38 citations

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Institutions

29

  1. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  2. University of Manitoba

    Winnipeg, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  3. Queens University of Charlotte

    Charlotte, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  4. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  5. Ankara University

    Ankara, Türkiye

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  6. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    46 citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    64 citations

  8. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 158 citations

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  2. New Testament Studies

    2 publications · 30 citations

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  3. American Ethnologist

    AE · 2 publications · 91 citations

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  4. Vetus Testamentum

    1 publications · 46 citations

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  5. Archives of Microbiology

    1 publications · 64 citations

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