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| ''']''' is the act of an organism eating others of its own species. | ''']''' is the act of an organism eating others of its own species. | ||
| one possible origin of the word can be found as a conglomerate of the two words Canaanite, and thier worship of the god Baal. Indeed the ancient Greeks made relation to these accounts as well as child sacrifice. Relating it to the worship of the Phoenecian god Chronus (Saturn) that ate his children, except Zeus, who avenged and released his siblings and desroyed the Cannibal god. Many of the Canaanite and surrounding cultures attest to this, even in our Old Testament Bible there are Laws given to Moses that contain child sacrifice.An extreme drought in the Mesopotamian and Egyptian area in around 1200BC may have spurned a much wider outbreak of this practice. Egyptian ancient literature contains quite a few references to the practic, even in the Book of the Dead and in tomb inscriptions. | |||
| '''Cannibal''' and similar terms may also refer to: | '''Cannibal''' and similar terms may also refer to: | ||
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Cannibalism is the act of an organism eating others of its own species. one possible origin of the word can be found as a conglomerate of the two words Canaanite, and thier worship of the god Baal. Indeed the ancient Greeks made relation to these accounts as well as child sacrifice. Relating it to the worship of the Phoenecian god Chronus (Saturn) that ate his children, except Zeus, who avenged and released his siblings and desroyed the Cannibal god. Many of the Canaanite and surrounding cultures attest to this, even in our Old Testament Bible there are Laws given to Moses that contain child sacrifice.An extreme drought in the Mesopotamian and Egyptian area in around 1200BC may have spurned a much wider outbreak of this practice. Egyptian ancient literature contains quite a few references to the practic, even in the Book of the Dead and in tomb inscriptions. Cannibal and similar terms may also refer to:
People
- The Cannibal, a nickname for Belgian former professional cyclist, Eddy Merckx
- The Cannibal, a nickname for Brazilian UFC fighter, Alexandre Pantoja
Art, entertainment, and media
Films
- Cannibal! The Musical (1993), a film directed by South Park co-creator Trey Parker
- Cannibal (2004 film), an alternate title of Canadian horror film White Skin
- Cannibal (2006 film), a 2006 German film
- Cannibal (2013 film), a 2006 Spanish-Romanian film
- The Cannibals (1970 film) (originally I cannibali, also known as The Year of the Cannibals), an Italian film
- The Cannibals (1988 film) (originally Os Canibais), a 1988 movie by Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira
Genres and techniques
- Cannibalization of fiction, adapting, borrowing or stealing plots, characters, themes or ideas from one story for use in another
Literature
- The Cannibal (novel), a 1949 novel by John Hawkes
- The Cannibal (DeMille novel) (1975), the fifth of the Joe Ryker books by Nelson DeMille
- The Cannibals, a 1968 play by George Tabori
- The Cannibals, an unfinished novel by Stephen King, which was the inspiration for his novel Under the Dome
Music
- Cannibal (EP) and its title song (2010), by Kesha
- Cannibal (Static-X album) and its title song (2007)
- Cannibal (Wretched album) (2014)
- The Cannibals (band), British garage punk band
- Cannibalism (album), compilation album by Can
- "Cannibal", song by Buster Poindexter from Buster Poindexter (1987)
- "Cannibals", a 1996 single by Mark Knopfler from Golden Heart
Visual art
- Cannibals (painting), a 2005 painting by Odd Nerdrum
Other uses
- Cannibal (roller coaster), a steel roller coaster located at Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, Utah
- Cannibal, a camouflage technique used in World War II to hide field guns during Operation Bertram
- Cannibalization (marketing), the loss of a product's market share to another product from the same company
- Cannibalization (parts), the reuse of salvageable machine parts in manufacturing or maintenance
- The Cannibal Club, a mid-Victorian club
See also
- Bott cannibalistic class, a mathematics concept
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