MONSTROUS ANIMAL SIBLINGS IN EUROPE

Monstrous animal siblings in Europe

Reports of women giving birth to a baby together with an animal (toad, mouse, bird, etc.), are documented in Europe from the 1100s onwards: the most important traditions of which are the frater Salernitanorum and the sooterkin.Throughout the centuries, authors have typically attempted to explain monstrous animal siblings in the light of contemporar

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