Herodotus wrote: “They cut off a part of their ears, shave their heads, make cuts round their arms, tear their foreheads and noses, and pierce their left hands with arrows. ”
त्यामुळे मेलेल्या मालकाच्या सोयीसाठी गुलाम व पशूंचा बळी दिला जायचा.