Other Origins: The name of this faery is Greek, but there is no extant evidence that this faery was ever part of Greek folk belief.

Other Names: None known.

Element: Air.

Appearance and Temperament: The Anthropophagi is a headless cannibal. What little brain he has is reputed to be near his reproductive organs.

 

His eyes rest on his shoulder, and his mouth is in the center of his chest. He has no nose, a gift of nature which enables him to eat human flesh without gagging.

 

They have very unpleasant natures, though it is said they only kill when hungry.

Time Most Active: Unknown.

Lore: These faeries were made popular by the famed English playwright, William Shakespeare, in Merry Wives of Windsor (1602) and Othello (1605), but they were already a part of English folklore before he brought them into the public donsciousness.

The name Anthropophagi literally translates from the Greek as "man-eating".

 

Some folklorists believe these are not faeries at all, but a remnant of a memory of a cannibalistic race which migrated from northern Africa to Britain in the early Dark Ages.

 

Where to Find Them: Unknown.

How to Contact: Unknown. They may not fully exist except as nebulous and almost forgotten thought-forms.