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The Holy Greyhound: Guinefort, Healer of Children Since the Thirteenth Century

The Holy Greyhound: Guinefort, Healer of Children Since the Thirteenth Century

Schmidtt, Jean-Claude
Schmitt, Jean-Claude
Jean-Claude, Schmidtt

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture, Book 6

Mythology & FolkloreGeneral European History

ISBN10: 0521108802
ISBN13: 9780521108805
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Apr 16 2009
Pages: 228
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.52 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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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