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Anthropophage
An anthropophage or anthropophagus was a member of a mythical race of cannibals described first by Herodotus in his Histories as androphagi, and later by other authors, including the playwright William Shakespeare. The word first appears in English around 1552. In popular culture, the anthropophagus is sometimes depicted as a being without a head, but instead have their faces on the torso. This may be a misinterpretation based on Shakespeare's writings in Othello, where the anthropophagi are mistaken to be described by the immediate following line, "and men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders." In reality, the line actually refers to a separate, different race of mythical beings known as the Blemmyes, who are indeed said to have no head, and have their facial features on the chest.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of anthropophage in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
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The numerical value of anthropophage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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