Sacred Texts -- Pacific Islander Religions

Te Pito Te Henua, or Easter Island: Cannibalism

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The traditions abound with instances of anthropophagism, and in all Polynesia there were no more confirmed cannibals than these islanders. The practice is said to have originated with a band of natives who were defeated in war and besieged in their stronghold until reduced to the borders of starvation. From this time the loathsome custom of devouring prisoners, captured in war, grew in popular favor.

Te Pito Te Henua, or Easter Island: Cannibalism

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