Ythrians

Ythrians eat only meat and a few sweet fruits and therefore are fundamentally territorial. Carnivores need more land per individual than herbivores or omnivores. On Earth, a pride of lions needs a lot of antelope and each antelope needs land to graze. Ythrians fly by oxidizing food. Each Ythrian has not only lungs but also a supercharger evolved from amphibian gills. Flight muscles work the supercharger like a bellows, driving oxygen directly into the blood. Thus, an Ythrian needs a lot of fuel. Therefore, each household needs a large area for hunting or ranching. Meat animals are maukh and mayaw. An Avalonian constellation, the Maukh, is named after this large tame herd animal. Sol, not visible from Avalon, lies between the four stars of the Maukh's horns just as, from Earth, Avalon's sun, Laura, lies in Lupus. I get the impression that Ythrians cook meat from ranched animals. See here.

The Ythrian Old Faith involves animal sacrifices. On Earth, Jewish priests sacrificed animals whereas Christianity sacramentalizes sacrifice with bread and wine. The Ythrian New Faith is not sacrificial although it conceptualizes God as the Hunter.

An Ythrian has a bracing bone called the "alatan" but I am not clear where this word comes from. Also, how did territorial families of hunting carnivores become intelligent and then form a society larger than the single household?