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The ritual that Dahlia Gillespie performed on her daughter to impregnate her with God involved a great deal of fire, which inadvertently escalated into a conflagration that destroyed her house.This was not considered punishment, but rather a more dignified ceremony potentially linked to their chief god's role as a solar deity.

Lost Memories describes the process of skewering and reveals that members of the clergy were given an option not afforded to the convicted: death by fire. In the cult's mythology, an offering to the Sun is considered an offering to God. Executioners needed to wear a mask at the event so they do not directly witness their spear when it was piercing flesh.' Thus all village people are executioners or family of executioners. Heinous criminals are transferred to that place and get executed. Developer Takayoshi Sato further explained in an interview: 'The place Silent Hill used to be the place of execution, away from cities.

Those condemned to die in Toluca Prison were allowed to choose the form of their execution: death by skewering or by noose. The memo expands on information provided by Silent Hill 2 in the Historical Society: According to Silent Hill 4: The Room, the executioners fall under the Sect of Valtiel, which was founded by Jimmy Stone and worships the angel of death and rebirth of the same name. The passage discusses the executions and sacrificial practices of the town's religious cult. Even though this religion extols redemption, it brings to mind a dark and cultish history.' Plot significanceĪn artistic depiction of the cult's executioners.Īn abstract executioner standing before an alter. It may have some connection with the main deity being a sun god. Similar to burning at the stake, no comparable rite can be found in religions practiced nearby. This was a more dignified ceremony in which prisoners and sinners were not allowed to participate. Drench the altar in the blood which spouts red from the heart, to praise and to show loyalty unto God.' In another sacrificial rite mentioned in the same book, the victim is burned alive. ' Offering prayers, pierce a man's chest with a copper stake. Transcript ' One characteristic, mentioned only in rare documents and dying out in the modern age, is that of the ritual sacrifice.

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