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Post by henerte on Sept 14, 2005 7:06:13 GMT -5
It looks like according to Herodotus, Slavs were cannibals! (i.e. Androphagi[/i]). Or should we be blame it on Balts? Androphagi (Wikipedia):Androphagi (Greek for "man-eaters") was an ancient nation of cannibals north of Scythia (according to Herodotus), probably in the forests between the upper waters of the Dnepr and Don. A hypothesis popular in the West is that they were most likely Finns — the obsolete name of Nenets people, Samoyed, has a similar meaning in Russian: "self-eater". This hypothesis is false. Nenets (Wikipedia):.... The name Samoyed entered the Russian language as a deformation of the self-reference Saamod, Saamid (the Fennic suffix "-d" denotes plurality: Fennic Saami -> "Saamid"). Another version derives the name from the expression "same edne" , i.e., the land of sami. In Russian ethnographic literature of 19th century they were also called samoyad', samod', samodijtsy, samodijskie narody, which was often transliterated into English as Samodi. ...
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Post by zemelmete on Sept 14, 2005 7:19:07 GMT -5
There are also other historical resources (not only Herodotus) where inhabitants of northern Eurasia were claimed as cannibals. Hard to say if cannibalism existed or not. From one hand it could be true, if to think that people in the North sometimes due harsh environment had nothing to eat, so they were hungry and had to eat other humans to survive. But from another hand, in these times were many myths. Let's say, even in late medevial times many russians thought that nenets are not only cannibals, but also one-eyed, three-legged humanoids etc. (how funny - nenets had no less amazing myths about russians and other european nations!) No wonder that greeks would have false information about nations living far away. In these ancient times information often changed radically, from what evolved different strange myths.
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Post by Circe on Sept 14, 2005 7:22:58 GMT -5
I guess some Slavic girls are still man-eaters ;D
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Post by nockwasright on Sept 14, 2005 9:32:37 GMT -5
I guess some Slavic girls are still man-eaters ;D
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Post by henerte on Sept 14, 2005 13:38:11 GMT -5
I guess some Slavic girls are still man-eaters ;D Some of them turn men into pigs - habit borrowed from Greeks.
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Post by henerte on Sept 14, 2005 13:42:30 GMT -5
It looks like there were also lotophagi i.e. lotus-eaters (in modern Libya). I guess that's the difference - Meds prefer light cuisine while we, people of the North, eat meat. www.meer.org/herodotus-world-map-1a.jpg
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Post by Scanderbeg on Sept 14, 2005 14:48:45 GMT -5
That explains why did so many Illyrians disapeared...They were eaten!
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Post by labi on Sept 14, 2005 21:22:04 GMT -5
^ that defently explains it. ;D
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Post by Ilmatar on Sept 15, 2005 3:38:46 GMT -5
There is more or less controversial archeological evidence on cannibalism in Finland. I've heard of carbonized and cut human bones from the Neolithic period found from the Aland Islands. They would indicate that that cannibalism was practised there around 2000 BC.
But even more interesting evidence are the bones found from a spring in Western Ostrobotnia dated to the Meroving era. Archeologists still argue on many issues regarding them. One of them is the presence of suspicious cuts in some of the bones. It has been argued that the spring was a place of worship, the bones belonged to the human sacrificed and that the rites included cannibalism. Some historians argue that the memory of this place was transferred to the popular poems, which later became the Finnish National Epic, The Kalevala. There Pohjola ("a Place in North") was referred to as a "place which devours men".
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Post by nockwasright on Sept 15, 2005 5:02:29 GMT -5
Do any other mammal fed on the carcasses of his own kind?
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Post by henerte on Sept 15, 2005 5:12:25 GMT -5
Do any other mammal fed on the carcasses of his own kind? Sure. Our cousins - chimpanzees....
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Post by Ilmatar on Sept 15, 2005 7:27:30 GMT -5
Do any other mammal fed on the carcasses of his own kind? I just saw some minutes of a Discovery document on this matter. I changed the chanel when they showed a beer eating his own, drowned puppy.
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Post by Matthew on Sept 15, 2005 10:37:28 GMT -5
Do any other mammal fed on the carcasses of his own kind? Rodents. Chimps. A few more, as well.
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Post by Mimers on Sept 15, 2005 12:27:48 GMT -5
Cannibalism in animals is not uncommon, and something like 140 species show this tendency in certain conditions. Cannibalism is most common among lower vertebrates and invertebrates. Can happen when predatory animal mistakens one of its own kind for prey. But it also occurs among birds and mammals, especially when food is scarce. When this happens, it is a demonstration of the predator's inefficiency, or other causes: Example of the Opposum's Cannibalism: www.opossumsocietyus.org/cannibalism_in_the_opossum.htmIt's weird and really gross
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Post by Crimson Guard on Sept 15, 2005 13:27:44 GMT -5
Herodotus is not a moron,and was actually pretty much accurate more than most of the time...Its modern writers that have tried portraying him as a liar,exaggerator ect...all of which is rubbish!
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