Dear members of Medbeast-L, working on Jean de Meun's Roman de la Rose, I read a passage about an animal called "lins" which is said to be able to look...
And welcome to new members who have joined the list in recent weeks. A quiet list is, perhaps, a happy list, but nonetheless if queries are out there, ...
Dear all, I don't know if you'll be able to help me with this one. I'm an archaeologist doing research into antler and bone artefacts in Viking Age Britain. ...
At this moment I am horribly busy, but I think I can help you with your interest. Henry L. P. Beckwith [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Forgive me, but there was a query, I believe from one of our number dealing with stag's horns. The thing has disappeared from my computer. Can you help me? I...
FROM: coh1864nehgs@... DATE: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 16:36:58 EST SUBJECT: Re: [Medbeast-L] Happy New Year Forgive me, but there was a query, I believe from one...
Dear all, Sorry to repeat, but I think that someone said that they lost my original query. I was asking about the symbolic/'magical' etc importance of deer...
Steve, Would this one help? Nicholson, Lewis E. "Beowulf and the Pagan Cult of the Stag." Studi Medievali 3rd ser., 27 (1986): 637-69. BJM...
Brian McFadden
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Jan 15, 2003 1:23 pm
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Dear Steve, I'm not sure this will give you much of what you're looking for, but there are two riddles in Old English that refer to ink-containers made out of ...
Neville J
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Jan 18, 2003 1:09 am
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James McNelis English, Wilmington College 251 Ludovic St Wilmington OH 45177 members.aol.com/mcnelis [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
A colleague of mine was asked this question by a student, and we were both amazed to find out that we couldn't answer it. I don't buy the suggestion that...
Neville J
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Feb 28, 2003 1:08 pm
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Dear Jennifer, Folk memories of dinosaurs? There were no humans or hominids, nor even primates around when the last of the dinosaurs vanished. And -- just in...
No, the origin of dragons is not known and I don't see how it ever can be. The 'folk memory" theory is just silly. And people who think that dinosaurs have...
Norman Hinton
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Mar 1, 2003 3:46 pm
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Those of us who teach in the rural midwest (and, I expect, elsewhere) are never far removed from the theory that those annoying fossils in the ground may be...
Hi, Jennifer, like you I'm skeptical of the 'folk-memory' idea. When I think of Fafnir and Beowulf's dragon, the elements that come to mind are the heroic ...
This is a matter I have come across bits and pierces on for years. Perhaps reference to: The First Fossil Hunters by Adrienne Mayor Princeton Univ. Press would...
Dear all, Here are a few of my ideas, which are only based on general feeling, and to be honest are contradictory. Contrary to what's been said so far, I don't...
The "found a fossil" theory of dragons is particularly popular because it depends on no evidence at all....
Norman Hinton
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Mar 2, 2003 10:43 pm
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The problem with arguments such as these is, as any paleontologist will tell you, is that a) dinosaur and other large reptilian or other fossils are rare, and...
The Princeton book looks interesting to say the least. Did anyone read it, or see a review of it? James McNelis English, Wilmington College 251 Ludovic St ...
This discussion is getting very interesting. I think that overall I'm inclined to believe that the template for dragons comes from contact with large living ...
My suggestion respecting Ms Mayor's book is simply that big bones turn up and people who knew no better got creative in thinking what they must be of. I'd add...
... Indeed! Just a few points to add regarding earlier posts (this is a long mail): An inventory from Karlstejn castle (Czech Republic) dated 1515 states that...
Aleks
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Mar 4, 2003 3:28 pm
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Dear All, Now that the dust has settled, I'd just like to thank you all very much for your extremely interesting (but, alas, not conclusive!) suggestions ...
Neville J
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Mar 18, 2003 1:52 pm
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I am researching a paper on the c. 1450 *A Gest of Robyn Hode* to be presented at Kalamazoo. I'm writing about a passage in fitt 3 in which Little John...
Lorraine K. Stock
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Apr 3, 2003 1:57 pm
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... In the case of red deer (Cervus elaphus), mature males (stags) live in separate herds outside the rutting season. Females and immature males form their own...
Aleks
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Apr 4, 2003 1:14 am
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Dear Lorraine, You are right in some sense, in that large numbers of male deer do not tend to move around together. However, there are a few points on which...
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