Note 1557 — Chapter XII · REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY (continued 2)
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Traditions of cannibalism among the northern tribes of Europe and Scythia were widespread in the ancient world and date back at least to the time of Herodotus. Human sacrifice and cannibalism were undoubtedly practiced by the early Scandinavians (Nansen, Northern Mists, 1911, vol. 1, pp. 81, 148–149).