Anthropophagi: The Myth of Cannibalism

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality, History, Religion

4 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

As we start off October, let's consider the appalling act that is foundational to much monster folklore and horror literature: cannibalism, which some anthropologists have revealed to be, in most cases, a total myth. Direct all advertising inquiries to [email protected]. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com. Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found! And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts! Some music on this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of this episodes publication. Tracks include "Cicle Vascule," "Black Ballots," "Winter in Black," "Access Road 138," "Access Road 442," and "Olivia Wraith." Additional music, including "Remedy for Melancholy" and "daemones," are by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.3	Hey, history fans. If you enjoy shows like historical blindness, then you'll love Airwave
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0:44.5	lovers.
0:50.3	Every Halloween season, we are inundated with images of monsters and evil beings, the stories
0:58.5	about whom we can trace back to history and folklore.
1:02.7	In fact, this is something I have endeavored to do during several October episodes of
1:08.2	the podcast, such as my series on vampires, a monster that appears to
1:13.6	have arisen from the conjunction of sleep paralysis nightmares experienced by mourners and
1:20.4	a lack of understanding of the decomposition process by those who dug up corpses, thinking
1:26.9	they had been rising from the grave to trouble people at night.
1:31.3	I explored the historical basis of folklore surrounding the werewolf as well,
1:37.3	which appears to be a monster that took form from language used about violent criminals and accusations of sorcery.
1:46.0	Closely connected to the myth of werewolves was the myth of witchcraft,
1:51.0	which I explored and demonstrated to be rooted in moral panic and scapegoating,
1:58.0	typically caused by a tragic and lethal combination of social, political, and economic
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