[Ansteorra] History and dogs
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Mon May 19 14:32:19 PDT 2008
On May 19, 2008, at 8:55 PM, willowdewisp at juno.com wrote:
> We talked about giving dogs awards in the middle ages some people
> made one a saint
> willow
>> From a period source St. somebody's words not mine.
> 370. The sixth thing to say is about insulting superstitions, some
> of which are insulting to God, others to man. The superstitions
> which attribute divine honors to demons or any other creature
> insult God. Idolatry is one example, or when wretched women
> sorcerers seek salvation through the adoration of saddles (sambuca)
> to which they make offerings, through the condemnation of churches
> and relics of the saints, through carrying their children to ant-
> hills or other places in search of healing.
Here is another bit of info about a period dog. I'm not sure if this
is the same story or not.
Guinefort-art (16K) 8/30/06 "Guinefort: The Sainted Dog of
France" by
Mevanwy verch Tuder de
Courtecadeno.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/ANIMALS/Guinefort-art.html
Stefan
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