“animal figurines which were then thrown into water as offerings”
Or maybe they were just toys for the kids?
Wouldn’t it be ironic if the real people living back then were not as obsessed with supposed ritual as their latter-day New Age imitators?
“Wouldn’t it be ironic if the real people living back then “
Exactly, they were people like the rest of us, and probably did not spend all day long in ritual observances.