Editing Sacrificial lamb (section)

{{Short description|Metaphor}}
[[Image:Ghent Altarpiece D - Lamb.jpg|thumb|300px|''[[Ghent Altarpiece]]'' by [[Jan van Eyck]]]]
A '''sacrificial lamb''' is a [[metaphor]]ical reference to a person or animal [[sacrifice]]d for the common good. The term is derived from the traditions of the [[Abrahamic religions]] where a [[sheep|lamb]] is a highly valued possession.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kwQn6zIbCHwC|title=A Dialogue on Christianity|last=Hoerner|first=Ernest Milner; Frank|date=2010-09-03|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=9781450249256|language=en}}</ref>