This pagan custom ​ — evidently designed to appease the gods who were thought to preside over the dead — ​ is different from the habit of self - injury being discussed here.
See paganlik tava – mille eesmärk oli ilmselt surnute üle valitsevate jumalate lepitamine – oli midagi muud kui siin käsitletav enesevigastamise komme.