Animal légendaire et discours savant médiéval. La barnacle dans tous ses états

International audience According to a legend attested since the 10th century at least, the barnacle goose (branta leucopsis/branta bernacla) does not hatch from eggs, but grows on driftwood, and is a barnacle at its first stage of development. Another version of the legend has the goose growing as a...

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Main Author: van der Lugt, Maaike
Other Authors: Groupe d'anthropologie scolastique/Equipe CRH (GAS-CRH), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:French
Published: HAL CCSD 2000
Subjects:
legend
spontaneous generation
food laws
barnacle
légende
génération spontanée
interdits alimentaires
[SHS.HIST]Humanities and Social Sciences/History
Arctic
Lent
Marvel
Barnacle goose
Branta leucopsis
Online Access:https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00175458
https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00175458/document
https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00175458/file/vanderLugt-BARNACLE.pdf

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