Monstrous animal siblings in Europe
Davide Ermacora
Reports of women giving birth to a baby together with an animal (toad, mouse, bird, etc.), are documented in Europe from the 1100s onwards: most important traditions which frater Salernitanorum and sooterkin. Throughout centuries, authors have typically attempted explain monstrous siblings light contemporary medical knowledge. The present paper compares medieval later sooterkin investigates both historico-folklore terms. It argues that it is understand not only history, but as beliefs narratives actively shared through acts communication. In so doing, this article informed by history medicine folklore studies.
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