work by Arnold Ipolyi, titled Magyar Mythológia [Hungarian mythology]. Áld, áldozat [to bless (verb), sacrifice (noun)]. “Sacrifice is an exquisite phenomenon of divine respect, respecting divinity not only by words, but also by means of action and offering.” Szent helyek [Sacred places]. “The migratory-dynamic-wandering lifestyle of our nation can make us suspect that, in our ancient times, demonstrating respect to the divine provider was conducted similarly [as by Scythians, outdoors], at certain ad hoc locations. Choosing such locations accordingly to the ancient respect associated with the religion of nature assumes respect towards the element of Nature; you know, even our memories remember this. Sacrifices at springs, waters, trees and rocks became forbidden by the code of Ladislaus...” Oltár [Altar]. For conducting sacrificial rites, altars were set up, using flat-sided, special stones. Probably, “prohibition of sacrifice at stones (in the codes of Ladislaus) was related specifically to such altar stones”. In charters and area reports from the medieval period, altar stones, shelter stones, idol stones are mentioned frequently. Bálvány [Idol]. “And did we have idols? Probably yes. The stone on which the bloody animal sacrifice was slaughtered and cut up, and which was used as table and bowl for the offering, and which marked the grave of the deceased – would not only become an altar, it would even emerge as an idol over time, formed into a shape standing above the altar and grave.” Néző [Visual inspector]. On the altar stones (that would emerge to be idols later), rituals were conducted by people with advantaged divine connection (), people with certain supernatural abilities (), students (), wise people and ministers – also called dissectors – of pagan ages. Ipolyi suggests that the term "" [dissector] reminds us that “they could have been the entrail inspectors, the prophets working from animal entrails, who are still remembered by our chronicles…” Ministers with divine connection of ancient, pagan Hungarians are denoted by various words: táltos, mágus [magician], bölcs [wise], jós [prophet], bűvös [conjurer], bájos [charmer], varázsló [wizard], bélnéző [entrail inspector], hugybanéző [urine-looker], áldozatnéző [sacrifice inspector], oltáron néző [on-altar looker]. Analogies In the effort to resolve the mystery of rocks with niches, expanding the known set of “identical analogies” – i.e. finding rimmed niches in other regions – and including data associated with the analogies are useful. Apart from location sites in the Carpathian basin, rocks with niches are known to exist at numerous