Every culture has monsters that eat us, and every culture repels in
horror when we eat ourselves. From Grendel to Sawney Bean, and from
the Ghuls of ancient Persia to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, our
fear of being consumed is both universal and terrifying. Kevin
Wetmore explores monsters that eat the dead: ghouls, cannibals, and
other beings that feast on human flesh. Moving from myth through
history to contemporary popular culture, considering ancient Greek
myths of feeding humans to the gods, through sky burial in Tibet
and Zoroastrianism, and actual cases of cannibalism in modern
societies, this book examines those that consume corpses and what
they tell us about ourselves and our fears.
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