Pagans in eastern Europe imported horses from Sweden and Finland for cruel ritual sacrifices 700 years ago. Horses were decapitated or buried alive in small pits as part of bloody public spectacles.
The study reveals that mares from afar were chosen for sacrifice over locally-procured stallions, contradicting previous theories. Sacrifices persisted from the 1st to the 13th centuries.
Horse sacrifices were part of pagan rituals aiming to please gods for fruitful harvests, involving brutal acts like decapitation, flaying, and quartering the animals.
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