Husband becomes cannibal from eating wife's breast. She cuts off her breasts and cooks them to feed her family. The husband thus acquires a longing for human flesh

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Husband becomes cannibal from eating wife's breast. She cuts off her breasts and cooks them to feed her family. The husband thus acquires a longing for human flesh.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Cannibals and cannibalism. · Regular cannibalism. · Person becomes cannibal. · view the constellation · filed as G36.1

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general *Type 450.

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Filed under Taste of human flesh leads to habitual cannibalism.

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Human blood (flesh) accidentally tasted: brings desire for human flesh

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