The Holy Greyhound : Guinefort, Healer of Children since the Thirteenth Century
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture
ISBN-10
0521108802
ISBN-13
9780521108805
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 16th, 2009
Print length
228 Pages
Weight
348 grams
Dimensions
23.00 x 15.30 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
c 1000 CE to c 1500European historyEarly history: c 500 to c 1450/1500HistoryEuropean history
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Providing a rare access to the underlying cultural traditions of Europe, all too often submerged in the survivals of literate culture, this book will be welcomed by a wide range of historians and anthropologists.
The legend of a dog which is unjustly killed by its master in error, after it has defended his child from attack by a snake or wolf, appears in several popular cultures of Indo-European origin. This book concentrates on one local manifestation of the legend: a cult among the peasants of the Dombes, north of Lyons, who brought their sick child to the grave of 'Saint Guinefort', the martyred greyhound, for preservation from disease. Providing a rare access to the underlying cultural traditions of Europe, all too often submerged in the survivals of literate culture, this book will be welcomed by a wide range of historians and anthropologists.
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