A short Hippocratic passage (Epidemiae 5: 86) might constitute the earliest Western surviving variant of the well-known narrative and experiential theme of snakes or other animals getting into the human body (motif B784, tale-type ATU 285B*). This paper aims: 1) to throw light on this ancient passage through a comparative folkloric analysis and through a philological-contextual study, with reference to modern and contemporary interpretations; and 2) to offer an examination of previous scholarly enquiries on the fantastic intrusion of animals into the human body. In medieval and post-medieval folklore and medicine, sleeping out in the field was dangerous: snakes and similar animals could, it was believed, crawl into the sleeper’s body throug...
In this dissertation I examine the role played by the ancient Near Eastern serpent in apotropaic and...
Since time immemorial the snake has been venerated as an enigmatic creature with supernatural power...
The serpent is a universal symbol in mythologies that prevail in all civilizationsand folklore throu...
A short Hippocratic passage (Epidemiae 5: 86) might constitute the earliest Western surviving varian...
In its simplest form, the Bosom Serpent legend complex includes any story in which a person believes...
ABSTRACT: This paper explores narratives about eating the flesh of a dragon or whiteserpent. It is a...
L’ensemble d'histoires autour du bosom serpent se réfère à des croyances et des récits diffus qui at...
International audienceIn two great caves decorated in the Paleolithic : Montespan and Le Tuc d’Audou...
Ancient Greek herpetology is often assumed to be unrelated to the criteria and classification of mod...
Mircea Eliade describes mythic narratives as telling “a sacred history … [by] disclos[ing] their [Su...
Snakes have played a major role in folklore and myth for as long as humans have been telling stories...
The snake is a practically omnipresent figure in Athenian visual culture from the Archaic to the Hel...
Serpentine cryptids are to be found in stories throughout the world, invariably representing a provo...
International audienceAuthorities for this paper are principally the works by physicians, like Diosc...
International audienceAuthorities for this paper are principally the works by physicians, like Diosc...
In this dissertation I examine the role played by the ancient Near Eastern serpent in apotropaic and...
Since time immemorial the snake has been venerated as an enigmatic creature with supernatural power...
The serpent is a universal symbol in mythologies that prevail in all civilizationsand folklore throu...
A short Hippocratic passage (Epidemiae 5: 86) might constitute the earliest Western surviving varian...
In its simplest form, the Bosom Serpent legend complex includes any story in which a person believes...
ABSTRACT: This paper explores narratives about eating the flesh of a dragon or whiteserpent. It is a...
L’ensemble d'histoires autour du bosom serpent se réfère à des croyances et des récits diffus qui at...
International audienceIn two great caves decorated in the Paleolithic : Montespan and Le Tuc d’Audou...
Ancient Greek herpetology is often assumed to be unrelated to the criteria and classification of mod...
Mircea Eliade describes mythic narratives as telling “a sacred history … [by] disclos[ing] their [Su...
Snakes have played a major role in folklore and myth for as long as humans have been telling stories...
The snake is a practically omnipresent figure in Athenian visual culture from the Archaic to the Hel...
Serpentine cryptids are to be found in stories throughout the world, invariably representing a provo...
International audienceAuthorities for this paper are principally the works by physicians, like Diosc...
International audienceAuthorities for this paper are principally the works by physicians, like Diosc...
In this dissertation I examine the role played by the ancient Near Eastern serpent in apotropaic and...
Since time immemorial the snake has been venerated as an enigmatic creature with supernatural power...
The serpent is a universal symbol in mythologies that prevail in all civilizationsand folklore throu...