In popular culture, the "anthropophagus" is sometimes depicted as a being without a head, but instead have their faces on the torso. This may be a misinterpretation based on Shakespeare's writings in "Othello", where the "anthropophagi" are mistaken to be described by the immediate following line, ""and men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders."" In reality, the line actually refers to a separate, different race of mythical beings known as the Blemmyes, who are indeed said to have no head, and have their facial features on the chest.