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Omophagia



Omophagia or omophagy is the eating of raw flesh. The word is derived from the Greek ωμος ‘raw’ and was the name of a ritual in the worship of Dionysus, whereby a sacrificial animal would be torn apart (sparagmos) and then devoured (omophagia).



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