Melanie, I think you are on to something here...
Sparagmos refers to an ancient Dionysian ritual in which a living animal--or sometimes even a human being--would be sacrificed by being dismembered, by the tearing apart of limbs from ones body. Sparagmos was frequently followed by omophagia (the eating of the raw flesh of the one dismembered).
Regurgitation is the controlled flow of stomach contents back into the esophagus and mouth.
Regurgitation is used by a number of species to feed their young. This is typically in circumstances where the young is at a fixed location and a parent must forage or hunt for food, especially under circumstances where the carriage of small prey would be subject to robbing by other predators or the whole prey is larger than can be carried to a den or nest. Some birds species also occasionally regurgitate pellets of indigestible matter such as bones and feathers.
Regurgitation is used by a number of species to feed their young. This is typically in circumstances where the young is at a fixed location and a parent must forage or hunt for food, especially under circumstances where the carriage of small prey would be subject to robbing by other predators or the whole prey is larger than can be carried to a den or nest. Some birds species also occasionally regurgitate pellets of indigestible matter such as bones and feathers.
In my understanding it appears that both are a form of feeding; they both are very ritualistic and feed the soul and mind its necessary "nutrients". That's all I got.
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Fabulous, Kacie. Like we talked about, I kept feeling like there was a way that regurgitation and sparagmos were connected. Your connection is great! Thank you.
Fabulous, Kacie. Like we talked about, I kept feeling like there was a way that regurgitation and sparagmos were connected. Your connection is great! Thank you.
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