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There are various theories of the origin of sacrifice which need not now detain us ; l it probably results from several motives. Sometimes it seems to be regarded only as a gift to avert displeasure, or to secure favour, and so in return to obtain the boon craved. In some forms it is an act of communion with the deity ; by sharing a meal with the god, and so partaking of a common life in the animal offered, the worshipper sought to renew the common life between himself and his god, and so recov...er the benefits of that relation. In the later stages of development, when morality and religion were brought into closer relation, the sense of sin and the desire for forgiveness led to the offering of a sacrifice as a means of atonement, to avert the incurred displeasure and to secure the needed favour of the god. ' Even the gods themselves, ' says Homer, ' can be moved from their purpose, even these, when any one may transgress or err, do men move from anger by sacrifice ' (Iliad, ix. ). Virgil also has the idea of substitution, ' Unum pro multis dabitur caput ' (JEneid, v.
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