magic of meat food The savage generally believes that when he eats the meat of a person or animal, he acquires the qualities or abilities of that animal or person. So, about the natives of Australia, it is reported that they "have a custom to cut off pieces of flesh from the body of a dead warrior, whether friend or foe, and eat them. They believe that thanks to this, the courage of the deceased warrior will remain in the tribe and his spirit will not take it away from himself when he moves to the hunting grounds of his ancestors. Similarly, the Namau tribes of British New Guinea usually believed that when one man killed another legally, that is, during the war, and ate his meat, then the soul of the victim entered the body of the victor and thus strengthened his 984,985 military qualities; from here came And their cannibalism common among them. Regarding the Bagobo, a tribe from Davao in Mindanao, one of the islands of the Philippine archipelago, it is reported that when they killed enemies during the war, it was customary for each warrior to cut at least one piece from the body and eat part of the liver of a killed enemy who showed courage, for it was believed that in this way they acquired his qualities. This seems to be the only time they taste human flesh, despite the fact that the 986 members of this tribe are often considered cannibals.