barbara is preparing a cup of coffee in her kitchen, when she hears her newborn daughter crying from the other room. the cry is marked by a sudden long burst of noise, followed by a long pause and gasping. barbara’s daughter is making the cry.

it depends on which society you are referring to. many civilization performed rituals so the gods would with their growing season but the most well known is that of the aztecs. they would make sacrifices, usually animals, but sometimes humans as well.