Spanish name for a bogeyman or criminal that kills for human fat
Apothecary containers for Axungia hominis (human fat), 17th-18th centuries.
Sacamantecas ("Fat extractor" in Spanish) or mantequero[1] ("Fat seller/maker") is the Spanish name for a kind of bogeyman[2] or criminal[2] characterized by killing for human fat.
^Al Sur de Granada, pages 190-193, Gerald Brenan, 1997, Fábula - Tusquets Editores. Originally South from Granada, 1957
^ abSacamantecas in the Diccionario de la Real Academia Española
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