Theophagy

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Theophagy means "eating the god", and is the practice of ritually eating the body or flesh of the god.

Notable theophagic religions:

  • Christianity

Other theophagic religions:

  • Lakota believe they eat the spirit of the animal when they eat its flesh.
  • Salish believe that the salmon is a god, as is the deer, and they must return the bones to the water to not bring harm of the family for eating the god.
  • Aztecs ritually killed a man wearing a costume of a particular god. They ate his heart, thus eating the god.

[edit] See also

S T U B
(The Pet Goat ate it)
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