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noun - the eating of raw food
OMOPHAGIA - See raw foodism for the modern use of the term.Omophagia, or omophagy (from Greek "raw") is the eating of raw flesh. The term is of importance in th...
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The eating of raw food, especially meat |
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Oct 19 2009 The Telegraph - General Knowledge |
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the eating of raw food, especially raw flesh |
the eating of raw food |
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See raw foodism for the modern use of the term.Omophagia, or omophagy (from Greek "raw") is the eating of raw flesh. The term is of importance in the context of the cult worship of Dionysus.* Omophagia is a large element of Dionysiac myth; in fact, one of Dionysus' epithets is Omophagos "Raw-Eater". Omophagia may have been a symbol of the triumph of wild nature over civilization, and a symbol of the breaking down of boundaries between nature and civilization. It might also have been symbolic that the worshippers were internalizing Dionysus wilder traits and his association with brute nature, in a sort of communion with the god.Mythology sometimes depicts Maenads, Dionysus' female worshippers, eating raw meat as part of their worship; however, there is little solid * evidence that historical Maenads consumed raw meat.The Dionysiac diet of raw meat may be more properly attributed to Dionysus himself, rather than his followershe received sacrifices of raw meat and was believed to consume |