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  1. Eaters of the dead
    myths and realities of cannibal monsters
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  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... more

    Universitätsbibliothek J. C. Senckenberg, Bibliothekszentrum Geisteswissenschaften (BzG)
    01/HG 436 W541
    No inter-library loan

     

    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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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781789144444; 1789144442
    RVK Categories: EC 5410 ; LB 58000 ; HG 436
    Subjects: Mythologie; Kannibalismus; Ungeheuer; Cannibalism; Cannibalism; Monsters
    Scope: 272 Seiten, Illustrationen, 22 cm
  2. Eaters of the dead
    myths and realities of cannibal monsters
    Published: [2021]
    Publisher:  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... more

    Universitätsbibliothek Bayreuth
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    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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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781789144444
    RVK Categories: EC 5410 ; HG 436 ; LB 58000
    Subjects: Kannibalismus <Motiv>; Kannibalismus; Mythologie; Ungeheuer
    Other subjects: Cannibalism; Cannibalism / Mythology; Monsters
    Scope: 272 Seiten, Illustrationen, 22 cm
  3. Eaters of the dead
    myths and realities of cannibal monsters
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  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... more

    Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg
    GE 2022/2571
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan
    Anglistisches Seminar der Universität, Bibliothek
    D HP 2051
    No loan of volumes, only paper copies will be sent
    Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim
    500 HG 436 W541
    No inter-library loan

     

    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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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 1789144442; 9781789144444
    RVK Categories: EC 5410 ; LB 58000 ; HG 436
    Subjects: Cannibalism; Cannibalism; Monsters
    Scope: 272 Seiten, Illustrationen, 22 cm