Allegory, myth, and superstition

Abstract This chapter explores the treatment of animals, plants, and intermediate beings in Medieval allegorical tales, myths, and superstition. Transgression of the animal-plant boundary was a staple of this literature. Libavius, Liceti, Kaempfer, Cardano, Scaliger, Duret, and Vaughan debated wheth...

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Main Author: Ragan, Mark A.
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Oxford University PressNew York 2023
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Barnacle goose
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spelling croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780197643037.003.0010 2024-09-15T17:58:04+00:00 Allegory, myth, and superstition Ragan, Mark A. 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197643037.003.0010 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/58580304/oso-9780197643037-chapter-10.pdf en eng Oxford University PressNew York Kingdoms, Empires, and Domains page 162-172 ISBN 0197643035 9780197643037 9780197643068 book-chapter 2023 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197643037.003.0010 2024-07-22T04:23:24Z Abstract This chapter explores the treatment of animals, plants, and intermediate beings in Medieval allegorical tales, myths, and superstition. Transgression of the animal-plant boundary was a staple of this literature. Libavius, Liceti, Kaempfer, Cardano, Scaliger, Duret, and Vaughan debated whether the “vegetable lamb” or borametz might be a zoophyte. The barnacle-goose (or barnacle-goose-tree) is said to have drawn the attention of Pope Innocent III. Paré and Duret catalogued all manner of transformations, including between kingdoms of nature. Such stories persisted: transgressive beings turn up in the first edition of Linnæus’s Systema naturæ (1735). Book Part Barnacle goose Oxford University Press 162 C10P53
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description Abstract This chapter explores the treatment of animals, plants, and intermediate beings in Medieval allegorical tales, myths, and superstition. Transgression of the animal-plant boundary was a staple of this literature. Libavius, Liceti, Kaempfer, Cardano, Scaliger, Duret, and Vaughan debated whether the “vegetable lamb” or borametz might be a zoophyte. The barnacle-goose (or barnacle-goose-tree) is said to have drawn the attention of Pope Innocent III. Paré and Duret catalogued all manner of transformations, including between kingdoms of nature. Such stories persisted: transgressive beings turn up in the first edition of Linnæus’s Systema naturæ (1735).
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