The consequences of using fish instead of chicken during a votive offering.
Asking the Gods to save a farm from blight, or to cure grandma’s ingrowing facial hair often comes with the price of a donation. While chicken is the defacto standard for sacrificial animals individuals are expected to give according to their means. Poor individuals may not be able to provide anything more than a single haddock in crispy crumb, while rich showoffs will bring sheep, goats and sperm whales, a gesture that demonstrates dedication if not intelligence.
Gods can get upset by these lowly offerings, once they’ve got out the picture book to check which ones are mammals, and may choose to send a tsunami at the offender’s village. Inland villages are rarely affected by this type of retribution, but fishing settlements can find themselves strew with debris and sea creatures in the street. It is of course that this was what the offering was for if the village had been struggling bring in the catch recently.
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