Like us today, our ancestors wouldn’t have been able to sacrifice valuable livestock (or prisoners) on a regular basis. While many Christian and Roman accounts focus on animal and human sacrifices in greater detail, on a daily basis, offerings of food and drink were far more common, such as alcohol and grain.
The Life of St. Columban mentions Swabians making an offering of beer to Wodan, the Guta Saga mentions smaller assemblies making offerings of food and ale, and The History of the Normans by Dudo of Saint-Quentin mentions offerings of grain and wine. The Anglo Saxon Penitential of Theodore and the Confessional of Egbert both explicitly banned the burning of grain. The Indiculus superstitionum et paganiarum mentions the Old Saxons making idols of moistened flour; not unlike torma in Buddhism.

A tapestry by Franz Stassen, of the Valkyries bringing fallen warriors to Valhalla.

An Anglo Saxon enamelled bronze hanging bowl mount, found in Derby, 6-7th Century.

An interesting Vendel Era brooch, with two entwined bearded faces. Perhaps the Alcis Twins, or Odin as Tveggi. ᚨ

This amazing weohstæd with horse head staves and the Woden, Thunor, and Ingwe-Freyr were carved by Ron in the majestic White Mountain state of New Hampshire. Note the attached armaments.

Another example of a bird-crested helmet pendant from Tissø, Denmark.

Bronze Age petroglyphs from the Koksu River valley, Kazakhstan, depicting spoked-wheel war chariots. 2050-1750BC. ֎

Very reminiscent of the depictions of Germanic bird-crested helmets.

A very intriguing Vendel pressblech; in addition to raven-crests on the helmets, one appears to have boar tusks. Perhaps a helmet for a devotee of Freyr. ᛝ

Óðins Vagn and the northern lights.

Anglo Saxon pagan practices mentioned in the 8th Century Penitential of Theodore;
-Making sacrifices, substantial and trivial, to “devils”.
-Eating food that had been consecrated to “devils”.
-Burning grain in burial grounds or where someone had died, for the health of the living.
-Placing a child on a roof or in an oven to cure a fever.
-Gathering medicinal herbs.
-Curing a sick child with witchcraft or at a crossroads; a liminal space, associated with Woden, and later, the devil.
-Divination, exorcism and dream interpretation, done according to the calculation of the heathens.
-Performing auguries using the sun, moon and stars.
-Seeking “time-auguries” to begin their events; likely referring to pagan holy days according to the traditional calendar.
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A strange figure from the Sintashta Culture, found in Arkaim. Perhaps it’s supposed to be someone who’d just been run over by a chariot?

This Sintashta figure is similar to the Tarot Hanged Man motif, representing insight, sacrifice, and viewing things from other perspectives.
This motif goes back to the Middle Ages, and it’s been suggested that it may have been influenced by Odin’s ordeal on Yggdrasil. This Sintashta figure may be a proto-Odinic figure, and/or a depiction of a shamanic ritual. ᚨ

The faces on the shoulders of the figure are reminiscent of the faces worn by Nganasan shamans on their shoulders; perhaps this practice originated in the Bronze Age. The Nganasan People inhabit the Tamyr Peninsula, due north of the historical territory of the Sintashta Culture.
These could also represent the Sky Father’s brothers or children; Vili and Vé, or Askr and Embla or the Divine Twins.