LEADER 01980oam 2200505 450 001 9910794503403321 005 20230629221814.0 010 $a1-78914-445-0 010 $a1789144450$b(electronic bk.) 010 $a9781789144451$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z1789144442 010 $z9781789144444 035 $a(CKB)4100000012025650 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6724528 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6724528 035 $a(OCoLC)1268411159 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000012025650 100 $a20211214d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcz#---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEaters of the dead $emyths and realities of cannibal monsters /$fKevin J Wetmore, Jr 210 1$aLondon :$cReaktion Books, Limited,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (273 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a1-78914-444-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: The Fear of Being Eaten -- One: Sky Burial, Cyclops and the Conqueror Worm -- Two: Eating the Gods, Gods Eating Men -- Three: Grendel and the Ogres -- Four: Ghuls and Ghouls -- Five: Asian and Oceanian Flesh-eaters and Corpse-devourers -- Six: Wendigo -- Seven: Human Cannibals -- Eight: Flesh-eating in Popular Culture and Contemporary Reality -- Conclusion: We Can't Stop Eating -- References -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index. 606 $aCannibalism 606 $aCannibalism$xMythology 606 $aMonsters 615 0$aCannibalism. 615 0$aCannibalism$xMythology. 615 0$aMonsters. 676 $a398.4 700 $aWetmore$b Kevin J.$cJr.,$f1969-$01490487 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bCaOWtL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794503403321 996 $aEaters of the dead$93711896 997 $aUNINA