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The timing of this article is one of those "deja vu" moments as I was only reading about Mount Bromo[1] yesterday out of interest on the "volcanic human sacrifi
by 22c 5y ago
The timing of this article is one of those "deja vu" moments as I was only reading about Mount Bromo[1] yesterday out of interest on the "volcanic human sacrifice" trope.
There is also some (?:folk)lore about pre-columbians of Nicaragua who - believing a witch inhabited the volcano - used to sacrifice children to the Masaya Volcano[2][3].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Bromo#Culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Bromo#Culture
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaya_Volcano https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaya_Volcano
[3] https://phys.org/news/2016-05-lava-loving-tourists-flock-nicaragua-volcano.html https://phys.org/news/2016-05-lava-loving-tourists-flock-nic...