Some penalties or actions of punishment may have been considered offerings to certain gods depending on transgression? Thoughts on this?
This is assuming if the Roman accounts had any truth to them, some wrongdoers when brought to justice may have been punished in certain ways which honoured certain gods if their actions were in destruction and violation of the given god's domain.
Bringing these people to justice to restore the integrity of a god's domain may have likely been considered a good act or deed by those whom agreed to see those gods as their patrons.
This is also where some assert that when multiple or 3 gods were offended, such as when an Oathbreaker broke an Oath and Duty which was to more than 1 god why the "triple death" was carried out.
If the Roman accounts were true then perhaps for the case of execution, the offender's execution was considered an "offering" in itself to restoring the integrity of the domain of said god they offended?
For instance:
*Taranis - Punishments against Sacrilege and crimes against the Celestial
*Lugus - Punishments against breaking oaths made between individuals, individual level betrayal, fraudsters, bandits and those with dishonest gain seen as good in protecting or upholding the domain of Lugus.
*Teutates - Punishments against treason made against the Tribe, betrayal of the group and breaking community trust.
*Esus and the hints on him remain elusive, as a number of interpretations see him as incharge of the "felling and transforming", so only small speculation might be for crimes against use of the land or its resources.
Posted May 12, 2026, 8:11 AM UTC