Anthropophagy

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Anthropophagy (Greek: ἄνθρωπος, anthropos, "human being" + φαγειν, phagein, "to eat") is the eating of human flesh. It may refer to:

• Man-eating, the eating of human flesh by animals (such as sharks, crocodiles, or lions)
  • Human hematophagy, the sucking of human blood by animals (such as leeches or mosquitos)
• Cannibalism, the eating of human flesh by a human or humans
• Self-cannibalism, the eating of one's own flesh
• Eucharist, the ceremonial "eating" of Jesus's body (see Anthropophage)

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