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Animals ritually killed were often mostly butchered and consumed as normal - too much of a waste to burn the whole thing! But you make a celebration of it, and everyone feels closer to The Gods
Blood likewise could be used in religious or cultural rituals, such as divination, but also consumed as food, as in black soup