ANTHROPOPHAGI


Meaning of ANTHROPOPHAGI in English

[Folklore] In English lore, headless cannibals. They have a little brain located near their reproductive organs, their eyes are in his their shoulders and their mouths are in the center of their chests. The were made popular by William Shakespeare in Merry Wives of Windsor (1602) and Othello (1605), but were part of English lore before that.

Encyclopedia Mythica English dictionary.      Английский энциклопедический словарь греческой мифологии.