Bear Sacrifice - Stuff That I Find Interesting

The video discusses religious practices in Japan, focusing on the Ainu people's bear sacrifice ritual in the north and human sacrifice in the south. The Ainu believed bears were gods in earthly form, and their ritual involved capturing and raising a bear before sacrificing it to release its spirit. In southern Japan, human sacrifices were buried under buildings, a practice believed to have started from an emperor's dream and continued into the early modern period.

Explain the human sacrifice practice mentioned in the text.

How did the tradition of sacrifice evolve in Japan according to the text?