出典:Wiktionary
endo- + cannibalism
endocannibalism (uncountable)
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/02/24 20:21 UTC 版)
Endocannibalism (from Greek Endo- "internal" or "from within" and cannibalism) is the term which describes the practice of eating dead members of one's own culture, tribe or social group. The practice may have a variety of purposes, including an attempt to absorb the characteristics of the deceased, the belief that by eating human flesh there is a regeneration of life after death, the incorporation of the spirit of the dead into living descendants, or to ensure the separation of the soul from the body.