Some tortures devised by humans are fiendishly clever. I don’t mean the type you can find in the Museo de la Tortura in Toledo. That institution holds several examples of the cruder form: an iron maiden with a rather mournful expression and a chair made of iron spikes that were heated before anyone sat down, plus lots of other contraptions intended to inflict excruciating pain in order to get a confession. One wonders what value such confessions had. What did the torturer get for all his efforts? Certainly not the truth. No, some tortures are more refined. Keeping wild birds in cages, for example. What is the attraction in that?
Child deities, royals of a past era, and special umbrellas. Where have your adventures NOT taken you?