chthonophagia

Meanings

• the act or practice of consuming or devouring the dead or entrails of animals, especially for sacred or magical purposes

  - "During the ancient rituals, the priests would engage in chthonophagia, consuming the entrails of sacrificed animals to invoke the gods."
  - "In some tribal cultures, the shaman would practice chthonophagia as part of his healing rituals, believing that the consumed organs contained the spiritual essence and healing powers of the animals."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with chthonophagia
anagathia , bromidia , callipygia , chloridia , colocynthia , coprophagia , corallophagia , craniotomy , crocodilophagia , cryptophagia , cyprophagia

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Variants

List of all variants of chthonophagia that leads to same result
comb jelly , ctenophora , ctenophoran , ctenophorans , ctenophore , ctenophores

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Derived from the Greek words 'chthonios' meaning 'of or pertaining to the earth' and 'phagia' meaning 'eating'. Together, 'chthonophagia' refers to the act or practice of consuming or devouring the dead or entrails of animals for sacred or magical purposes.

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