>>521082293 (OP)
What I find strange is that Nordic people are currently the people with the most Steppe DNA and the Vedic religion (which derives from the Andronovo, who came from the Corded Ware Horizon as well as the Nordic Bronze Age and were phenotypically similar to them) was the most similar to Proto-Indo-European Religion, that not have Bhakti-Murti (Idol Worship) like later Puranic Hinduism. Even the sacrifices they made, that could bring them closer to other Indo-European religions, were different. The libations the Norse performed were simply symbolic liquid offerings, using beer, common mead, milk, or water, poured over altars and sacred stones to honor gods or spirits, without destroying or transforming the substance like a real sacrifice.
The Soma Ritual is that this one is actually sacrificed since he consumes the sacrifice, its essence is delivered into the Ritual Fire, with the smoke that comes back up and is inhaled through the nostrils, which is a organ crucial for thr sacred speech (Mantra), acting primarily as part of the vocal resonance system. No altars, stones, statues or anything, and the Soma ingredient likely contained something flammable to keep the Yajna Fire lit and not extinguish it. The other imporant difference is that the Soma Ritual was reserved only for Brahmins, while any ordinary worshipper in these other non-Indo-Iranian cultures could make libations to the gods.
Brahmins cannot carry weapons, wage war, or administer punishments, as the act of killing breaks the ritual purity required for the priesthood, like the Kshatriyas. Brahmins cannot negotiate, lend money, deal in goods, or engage in commercial exchanges, as profit and property are considered mental impurities that deviate from dharma, like the Vaishyas. Brahmins cannot plow the soil, harvest, transport grains, clean stables, or touch agricultural tools, as direct contact with the earth and organic matter is seen as degrading, like the Shudras.