[Ansteorra] honor and animals

[Michelle Dodd]

I don't know about wolves, but my poodle likes to sleep with her head twisted around like the in the movie "The Exorcist ". 

It kind of creeps me out & I will wake her to get her to move. 


Gabriele


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> From: StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:01:25 -0500
> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] honor and animals
> 
> On Apr 16, 2010, at 11:40 AM, Hugh & Belinda Niewoehner wrote:
> > I do not think that Her Grace is trying to say that any animal has a 
> > sense of honor. Medieval mind sets, however, used symbolism of 
> > certain traits or behaviors of animals to represent virtues and 
> > vices of humans. (At the risk of starting another tread, I don't 
> > make assumptions as to what emotions, etc. animals have since I can 
> > not communicate with them in their language. I've seen cats appear 
> > to be embarrassed which means they have some form of self esteem. 
> > I've seen animals grieve, show affection, etc. Being a fan of 
> > Ender's Game, I try not to judge other species quickly).
> 
> What is "Ender's Game"?
> 
> > But back to the point of this discussion, if you read my previous 
> > post, the people of the Middle Ages would see a certain behavior or 
> > trait in an animal as a characteristic of a human's virtue.
> >
> > From the same source:
> 
> I haven't read all the other threads yet. Which source?
> 
> > A peculiarity of the wolf is that it cannot turn its head, because 
> > there is no joint in its neck, but must turn its whole body
> > when it wishes to look behind, thus symbolizing people stiff-necked 
> > and stubborn in sin.
> 
> Oh? I hadn't noticed this. I'll have to watch my dog (Snowball, the 
> dog that pulls the wagon) and see.
> 
> > That does not mean wolves are stiff necked and stubborn--mine was a 
> > sweetie, but she could not just look over her back, but had to turn 
> > at least her front half around to see behind her.
> 
> Thanks for the examples. I'll be adding your message to this file in 
> the ANIMALS section of the Florilegium. Others might find it 
> interesting. I'm, of course, always interested in more details.
> p-thts-animls-msg (10K) 1/29/08 Period thoughts on and behavior to 
> animals.
> http://www.florilegium.org/files/ANIMALS/p-thts-animls-msg.html
> 
> > Ismet
> 
> Stefan
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