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Votive sites are sites where animal sacrifice in the form of bones deposited in a split in a block of stone or beneath a cairn are made.
The sites strongly resemble graves or tombs, however no human bones are found. Such finds are made in Hallstatt culure sites, and they presumably also represent graves. Votive sites, or (North & East Saami) "seite" or (South Saami) "storiockare" (storjunkare) are representative especially among Saami groups and hence are most common in Lappland. It was believed that stones ruled over the food resources and hence were protected from Giants by the help of Thor. However, findings are also made down to Scania, Sweden where an earlier interpretion in 1589 was a rendezvous point of Huns and Goths. Findings in Central Europe are usually devoted to the Hallstatt culture. A similar worship in stones is known in Crete.
A votive deposit or votive offering is an object left in a sacred place for ritual purposes.
In Europe votive deposits date to the Neolithic with polished axe hoards, reaching a peak in the late Bronze Age.
In archaeology, votive deposits differ from hoards in that although they may contain similar items, votive deposits were not intended for later recovery.
Often votive candles are lit and devoted to the memory of a loved one who has passed away or as an offering to favor the answering of a prayer.
Votive candles were intended to burn for long periods of time.
Church use of votive candles is traditionally for acts of devotion, whereas restaurants use votive candles for romantic light sources at dinner tables or as small heating elements at serving tables.
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