Thus , some scholars argue this text comes from the same category as such practices .
Originally , young boys were sacrificed to the pantheistic Cretan and Phoenician goddesses only after the priestesses had consummated ritual intercourse , the sacred marriage , with them .
Some scholars argue this text comes from the same category as such practices .
Originally , young boys were sacrificed to the pantheistic Cretan and Phoenician goddesses only after the priestesses had consummated ritual intercourse , the sacred marriage , with them .