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  1. Eaters of the dead
    myths and realities of cannibal monsters
    Erschienen: [2021]
    Verlag:  Reaktion Books, London

    Every culture has monsters that eat us, and every culture repels in horror when we eat ourselves. From Grendel to medieval Scottish cannibal Sawney Bean, and from the Ghuls of ancient Persia to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, tales of being consumed are... mehr

    Universitätsbibliothek Bayreuth
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    Every culture has monsters that eat us, and every culture repels in horror when we eat ourselves. From Grendel to medieval Scottish cannibal Sawney Bean, and from the Ghuls of ancient Persia to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, tales of being consumed are both universal and universally terrifying. In this book, Kevin J. Wetmore Jr. explores the full range of monsters that eat the dead: ghouls, cannibals, wendigos, and other beings that feast on human flesh. Moving from myth through history to contemporary popular culture, Wetmore considers everything from ancient Greek myths of feeding humans to the gods, through sky burial in Tibet and Zoroastrianism, to actual cases of cannibalism in modern societies. By examining these seemingly inhuman acts, Eaters of the Dead reveals that those who consume corpses can teach us a great deal about human nature--and our deepest human fears

     

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    Quelle: Verbundkataloge
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    ISBN: 9781789144444
    RVK Klassifikation: EC 5410 ; HG 436 ; LB 58000
    Schlagworte: Kannibalismus <Motiv>; Kannibalismus; Mythologie; Ungeheuer
    Weitere Schlagworte: Cannibalism; Cannibalism / Mythology; Monsters
    Umfang: 272 Seiten, Illustrationen, 22 cm
  2. Eaters of the dead
    myths and realities of cannibal monsters
    Erschienen: 2021
    Verlag:  Reaktion Books, Ltd, London, UK

    Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
    uneingeschränkte Fernleihe, Kopie und Ausleihe
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    Quelle: Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781789144451
    RVK Klassifikation: LB 58000 ; EC 5410 ; HG 436
    Schlagworte: Kannibalismus <Motiv>; Kannibalismus; Mythologie; Ungeheuer
    Weitere Schlagworte: Cannibalism; Cannibalism / Mythology; Monsters; Electronic books; Electronic books
    Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (272 Seiten)