- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Translator's Note
- Prologue on Olympus
-
Part One The Story of Alcmene Saved by the Weasel -
[1] The Story -
[2] La Folia -
[3] The Woman in Labor -
[4] The Enemy -
[5] The Knots -
[6] The Resolution -
[7] The Rescuer -
[8] The First Identity of the Rescuer -
[9] Dissonance? Pliny and Birth through the Mouth -
[10] The Forest of Symbols Is Full of Animals -
[11] The Weasel-Rescuer Is a Complicated Character -
[12] Wilde Frau, Savage Midwife -
[13] Godmother Weasel -
[14] An Encyclopedia without Footnotes - Conclusion: Alcmene's Thoughts
- Index
The Weasel-Rescuer Is a Complicated Character
The Weasel-Rescuer Is a Complicated Character
- Chapter:
- (p.154) [11] The Weasel-Rescuer Is a Complicated Character
- Source:
- Women & Weasels
- Author(s):
Maurizio Bettini
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
This chapter focuses on the ancient beliefs and folklore about the weasel. It shows the extraordinary quantity of unusual habits associated with the weasel, its symbolic meanings and connotations, and all the stories and legends in which this little animal was involved in years gone by.
Keywords: weasel, ancient culture, folk beliefs, folklore
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Translator's Note
- Prologue on Olympus
-
Part One The Story of Alcmene Saved by the Weasel -
[1] The Story -
[2] La Folia -
[3] The Woman in Labor -
[4] The Enemy -
[5] The Knots -
[6] The Resolution -
[7] The Rescuer -
[8] The First Identity of the Rescuer -
[9] Dissonance? Pliny and Birth through the Mouth -
[10] The Forest of Symbols Is Full of Animals -
[11] The Weasel-Rescuer Is a Complicated Character -
[12] Wilde Frau, Savage Midwife -
[13] Godmother Weasel -
[14] An Encyclopedia without Footnotes - Conclusion: Alcmene's Thoughts
- Index