Androphagi (Greek for "man-eaters") was an ancient nation of
cannibals north of
Scythia (according to
Herodotus), probably in the forests between the upper waters of the
Dnieper[?] and
Don. They were most likely Finns --
Samoyed has a similar meaning in Russian: "self-eater" -- and perhaps the ancestors of the
Mordvinians[?].
(from an old encyclopedia)