Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.72

v2.c11.72

³ In the same way King Dama wants to drink the blood of a low cunning evil-doer whom he has cut down in battle, but is stayed by the gods, Mārk.-Pur., cxxxvi, 34. The drinking of a slain man’s blood, indeed, is a wide-spread custom, found also in Germanic olden times. As is well known, it has, mainly, other motives than that of angry revenge.