Child cannibalism
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Child cannibalism or fetal cannibalism is the act of eating a child or fetus. Children who are eaten or at risk of being eaten are a recurrent topic in myths, legends, and folktales from many parts of
Saturn Devouring His Son by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1745
Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco Goya (c. 1820–1823)
Atreus carries one of Thyestes's sons off in order to cook him – 1574 engraving by Antonio Lafreri and Cornelis Cort
Illustration of Saint Nicholas resurrecting the three butchered children, from the Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany (created between 1503 and 1508)
Procne
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Procne or Progne is a minor figure in Greek and Roman mythology. Traditionally she is an Athenian princess as the elder daughter of a king of Athens named Pandion. Procne was married to the king of Th
Athenian wine cup, circa 480 BC, depicting Philomela and Procne preparing to kill Itys (Louvre, Paris)
Furies at Procne and Tereus's wedding night, engraving by Virgil Solis, 1581.
Procne rescues Philomela, 1767 engraving, Getty Research Institute.
Tereus Confronted with the Head of his Son Itylus, oil on canvas 1636–1638, by Peter Paul Rubens (Prado, Madrid).