(urth) S&S vs. SF in BotNS

[Gerry Quinn]

From: Lee Berman 
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 2:33 PM
To: urth at urth.net 
Subject: (urth) S&S vs. SF in BotNS


> An excellent point. Along with all the other persistent faerie/magic elements from human
> mythology, cannibalism belongs in this book along with vampires, giants, shapeshifting, 
> etc. I'll even assert that the only kind of cannibalism among humans is "spiritual". I 
> don't know any examples of cultural prescription of cannibalism for the sake of nutrition.

According to Wikipedia: “Cannibalism was widespread in the past among humans in many parts of the world, continuing into the 19th century in some isolated South Pacific cultures, and to the present day in parts of tropical Africa. In a few cases in insular Melanesia, indigenous flesh-markets existed.”

And of course we know of cases when shipwrecked sailors or other groups of isolated survivors ate human flesh to survive.

- Gerry Quinn




 
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