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semiomni t1_iuxrzec wrote

Reply to comment by EndoExo in TIL that the Persian King Xerxes was so enraged after a storm destroyed his bridges that he ordered the sea be given 300 whiplashes, and branded it with red-hot irons as the soldiers shouted at the water by LethalPoopstain

And for all we know it could be a positive legend. Like it sounds super silly to us, but maybe people who would sacrifice animals for a good harvest would find this story completely reasonable.

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ShalmaneserIII t1_ivmmvi8 wrote

Symbolic actions. Kind of like when women would burn their bras for feminism.

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