ABSTRACT
Andifpublicworship,ofwhichsacrificeinone formoranotherisoftenthetypicalact,springs fromacorr·munityofinterest,soitdemands, andprobablytosomeextentcreates,agroupat peacewithinitself.
Sacrificethereforeoftenplaysanimportant partinceremoniesforco.1firmingapeace.In anaccountofapeace-makingceremonyamong theShilluk,thisisrepresentedinanunusual image.Afterthevictimhadbeenspearedand fallen,wearetold:
Thetwofactionsmovedclosetogether.The
animalwasthencutopen,andsomeofthecontentsofthestomachweretakenbytheoldmen, andthrownontheyoungmen.Thethoughtwas thattheanimaleatsabithereandabitthere,but inthestomachi t allbecomesonemas3.Evenso theindividualsofthetwofactionsweretobecome one.
