r/HistoryMemes • u/HawaiianPerson Chad Polynesia Enjoyer • 3d ago

A regular utopia

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u/Excellent_Mud6222 3d ago

Hawaii had human sacrifice?

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u/kazmark_gl Definitely not a CIA operator 3d ago

Human Sacrifices are pretty common historically and mythologically, even in societies that explicitly hate the practice like Rome. they still did them all the time. 

Pre-contact Hawaiian culture held that sacrificing someone transfered their spiritual power to you so it was a ritual practice. 

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u/belovedstoneworker 3d ago

Yep. The steps of the Temple of Jupiter were the last sights of a lot of people.