[SunkenCiv]

“...there would be a big midwinter ceremony in which the boys were taken to the woods and left there. they could not return to their home village until at least the summer. sometimes it would be much longer. sometimes they would not return at all. they were bound in a dog or wolf ceremony to the leader of their young male group.”

Yeah, I had an ordeal induction back in my Boy Scout days, sounds similar to this.

[ckilmer]

Yeah, I had an ordeal induction back in my Boy Scout days, sounds similar to this.

yeah, that’s what I thought of when I read the stories.

[ckilmer]

here’s a couple articles on the wolf dog midwinter sacrifices among the yamnaya of ukraine.

https://prateekdasgupta1.medium.com/the-spine-chilling-tale-of-the-mid-winter-dog-sacrifice-8ae67d030dad

https://www.academia.edu/6683149/Midwinter_dog_sacrifices_and_warrior_initiations_in_the_Late_Bronze_Age_at_the_site_of_Krasnosamarskoe_Russia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alRlPt1zvg4

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335366195_Late_Bronze_Age_midwinter_dog_sacrifices_and_warrior_initiations_at_Krasnosamarskoe_Russia