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Millennial_Falcon ago

It is widely agreed that the etymology of "cannibal" comes from the Carib Indians, not Canaan.

https://www.google.com/search?q=cannibal+etymology&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Flairing "accuracy in question."

John_The_Watchman ago

Throwing out the baby with the bathwater, eh? "It is widely agreed" - with all due respect: Wrong.

From "The Two Babylons" by Hisplop: The word Cahna is the emphatic form of Cahn. Cahn is "a priest," Cahna is "the priest". Priests of Nimrod or Baal were required to eat of the human sacrifices; and thus it has come to pass that "Cahna-Bal," * the "Priest of Baal," is the established word in our own tongue for a devourer of human flesh."

This is just one example of many such stipulations. It is not 'widely agreed'. With respect, I submit that you look further than wikipedia before making such declarations. I further request that you remove this flair, as the crux of this post is not etymology but rather history - the flair will have a detrimental effect upon the other fantastic information which has been presented here. Thank you.

Millennial_Falcon ago

I submit that you look further than wikipedia before making such declarations.

This isn't just Wikipedia. It seems to be every dictionary ever. Note that the link I provided was a google search results list, not Wikipedia.

John_The_Watchman ago

Indeed. I simply dispute that it is "widely agreed" and further state that since the crux of this post is not etymology that your flair will have the misleading effect of bringing the other (historically accurate) information presented here into question. People need to see this post, flairing it in such a way will deter potential visitors.

Millennial_Falcon ago

I simply dispute that it is "widely agreed"

I think agreement of every singly dictionary source is a fairly wide agreement. You still haven't provided even a single link to back up the etymology you claim.

People need to see this post, flairing it in such a way will deter potential visitors.

Not if it contains disinformation, which is a poison pill. Remove the inaccurate bit, and I'll remove the flair. Fair enough?

John_The_Watchman ago

With respect, I'm not the OP. That said, I did provide a source (in the form of a book) in my response to your post. I'm unsure if the book is available online but within this page some quotes from said book are discussed, regarding said etymology: http://www.piney.com/Hisl71.html

There is also another book called "Curse of Caanan" which talks about this etymology, which is the source for OP's claim. Here are direct excepts from that book which are pertinent to this debate: http://www.whale.to/c/curse_of_canaan.html

Caribs came from somewhere - their words came from somewhere - and had their own etymology ((from somewhere)). They didn't just magically come up with the word, and we are talking about civilizations here (Phoenicians/Caananite) which existed LONG before the Caribs. The words Cahn and Baal are Phoenician/Hebrew. I stipulate, along with many others, that while Caribs may be one of the first on record in modern history to use this word - the word did not originate with them. Recognizing that Priests of Baal ate the flesh of their sacrifices only reinforces this assertion.