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THE HOLY GREYHOUND
GUINEFORT, HEALER OF CHILDREN SINCE THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY |
| By: |
Jean-Claude Schmidtt |
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Paperback |
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£23.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521108802 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521108805 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
29 December, 2008 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture No. 6 |
| Pages: |
228 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
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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UK |
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Cambridge University Press |
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