Sacrificial beast - Giseijyuu

Japanese: 犠牲獣 - ぎせいじゅう
Sacrificial beast - Giseijyuu

…A ritual can be seen as a sequence of events in which people and objects that are given symbolic meaning interact with each other in a chronological order in a specific place according to a set procedure. The four basic elements of a sacrificial ritual are a consecrated holy place (the ritual site), a sacrificial animal to be killed, a ritual performer (priestly person) who performs the ritual, including the ritual killing, and a sacrificer (usually a participant) who brings the sacrificial animal and seeks the ritual effect. These latter three interact in a specific procedure in the sacred site, which includes (1) consecration of the sacrificer, the sacrificer, and the sacrificial animal, (2) the entrance of the three into the sacred site, (3) the sacrificer's contact with the sacrificial animal, (4) the sacrificer's killing of the sacrificial animal and the application of its blood to the altar, (5) the participants' consumption of the meat, although not always, and (6) the exit. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "sacrificial beasts" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…儀礼とは,人と象徴的意味を与えられたものとが,定められた手順に従って,一定の場所で時系列にそって関係しあう,一連のできごとの連鎖とみることができる。そして犠牲儀礼の基本的4要素として,聖別された聖なる場(祭場),殺害される犠牲獣victim,儀礼的殺害をはじめとする儀礼の執行者(祭司的人物),そして犠牲獣を持参し,儀礼効果を希求する供犠者(一般的には参会者)をあげている。これら後3者が,聖なる祭場で,特定の手順でかかわりあうわけだが,(1)犠牲執行者,供犠者そして犠牲獣の聖別,(2)3者の聖なる場への入場,(3)供犠者の犠牲獣への接触,(4)犠牲執行者による犠牲獣の殺害と,その血の祭壇への塗布,(5)必ずしも常にとはいわないが,その肉の参会者による共食,(6)退場,という手順をもつとしている。…

※「犠牲獣」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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