A garland of quotations XV

As man may eat of the flesh of beasts, so may gods eat of the flesh of man.
•Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Gods of Mars (1913).

There have been cases of cannibalism in Scotland, but no bestial transformation is hinted at in connection with them.
•Sabine Baring-Gould, The Book of Were-Wolves (1865).

Rumor had it that the Khmer Rouge made a practice of sneaking up behind young virgin girls, killing them with axes, then removing their livers, grilling them and eating them, and swallowing the bile raw. They...