- Immolation
Immolation (Latin "immolare" "to sacrifice", originally "to sprinkle with sacrificial meal" ("
mola salsa "), English since the 16th c.) may refer to:
*Fire sacrifice
**Animal sacrifice
**Human sacrifice
**Hecatomb
**Holocaust (sacrifice)
*Cremation
*Self-immolation issuicide by immolation, notably as an extreme form ofprotest .
**Sati is aHindu funeral custom involving self-immolation.
**Jauhar was the voluntary death (on a funeralpyre ) of the non-fighters of defeatedRajput communities to avoid capture.In popular culture
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Richard Wagner 's operaGötterdämmerung ends withBrünnhilde 's immolation.
*Immolation (band) is adeath metal band fromYonkers ,New York .
* Immolation is a spell of aNight Elf hero, the Demon Hunter, in the Blizzardcomputer game "", and that of the warlock class in "World of Warcraft ". (In fact, immolation spells have been included in many paper and electronic fantasy games since the 1980s.)
* "" ends with Ann Thorn (Lee Grant ) immolated by an exploding boiler
*Technical death metal bandNecrophagist 's song Dismembered Self-Immolation.
* InEdgar Allan Poe 'sshort story "The Cask of Amontillado ," Montressor notes that Fortunato 'did not perceive that my smiles, "now", were at the thought of his immolation.'
* "Self Immolation" and "Slave Labor" areFear Factory songs about self-immolation.
* "Immolation " is the second song byBecoming the Archetype for their second album "The Physics of Fire ".
* "Dance Dance Immolation " is the version of DDR presented by Interpretive Arson at the annual "Fire Arts Festival " presented by "The Crucible " in Oakland, California. (also at Burning Man in 2005, 2007 and 2007). It's also an achievement for the Pyro class inTeam Fortress 2
*Jasper Gein is a character from the gameSilent Hill 4 . He as seen as a ghost set on fire holding a chalice which hints at immolation.
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