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- Title:
- Cannibals
- Description:
- 500 years ago today, March 15, the circumnavigation armada was almost at Samar having come from Guam. While at Guam, the crew raided and torched a village whose men had stolen a small tender hanging from the flagship. Sick comrades begged that entrails of the newly killed Guamanians be fed to them! European civilisation during the Renaisssance still practised medical cannibalism, an ancient use of human body parts and fluids in curing. Romans drank the blood of slain gladiators hoping for vitality. They even suggested drinking blood form the arms of young people. In the 1500s, medical cannibalism is said to have reached its height. Vampire tales and medical cannibalism are linked.
- Subjects:
- Armada de Maluco medical cannibalism Samar Guam
- Exhibition:
- Magellan Menu
- Source:
- Rachel Flanagan for Redbubble. Pinterest. https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/277393658273965001/
- Type:
- Image;Still Image
- Format:
- image/png
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Cannibals", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll044.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Public domain
- Standardized Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/