Usually means: Dismemberment ritual in ancient rites.
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  6. Sparagmos: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. sparagmos: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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▸ noun:  The ritual tearing apart of a hero.

Similar:
aristeia, myrology, epopteia, xenismos, pharmakos, godslaughter, Thesmophoria, emmeleia, orgy, harrowing of hell, more...

Opposite:
syncretism, integration, unification
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Similar:
aristeia, myrology, epopteia, xenismos, pharmakos, godslaughter, Thesmophoria, emmeleia, orgy, harrowing of hell, more...

Opposite:
syncretism, integration, unification



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