tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post2215041202099815557..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: Well, Okay, Go Ahead and Pray for the HorseCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-40088610576677757632010-03-01T10:19:18.574-05:002010-03-01T10:19:18.574-05:00There is a Yiddish version of Bevis of Hampton &qu...There is a Yiddish version of Bevis of Hampton "Bovo-Bukh". Admittedly, we know it from Elia Levita's early 16th version, so that's a bit late. Nevertheless, I wonder about the implications of translating this material not just into Yiddish, but into 'Jewish'.Eva Frojmovicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-48377121045751521452010-02-26T23:35:48.010-05:002010-02-26T23:35:48.010-05:00I'm reminded of a few things:
The cited praye...I'm reminded of a few things:<br /><br />The cited prayer sounds like a) the Breastplate of St. Patrick and similar prayers and b) related to those prayers are exoricisms which this prayers sounds a bit like as well<br /><br />St. Francis of Assissi and the Canticle for the Sun also known as Canticle of All Creatures. Moreover is Francis' concern for animals, preaching to them and so on. Might be an influence here.<br /><br />There's also the whole "hocus pocus" thing....a bastardization of hoc est corpus. But I seem to remember reading somewhere that the bastardization arose from the poor trying to give their animals the eucharist and butchering the words of institution.<br /><br />Not sure if any of that helps, but thanks for bringing this to my attention...now I'll have to read Bevis. Without Butthead. Or Cornholio.theswainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05919025515524894537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-29118670166296780692010-02-24T16:30:11.096-05:002010-02-24T16:30:11.096-05:00I wonder if the Prioress in CT prays for animals d...I wonder if the Prioress in CT prays for animals departed. She certainly seems concerned about "deed" animals, from "a mous Kaught in a trappe" to any of the "smale houndes," which she feeds "wastel-breed" perhaps a version of the eucharist.Lee CMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459981121083958762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-43095508029241272772010-02-23T20:53:30.352-05:002010-02-23T20:53:30.352-05:00Though it's also a question of provenance, rig...Though it's also a question of provenance, right? Animal as inexcluded other in mainstream theology is one thing; blessings over animals that are local traditions, charms and conjurations for the preservation of animal health that look like they are part of an agrarian world (the charms remind me of John the Carpenter's blessing against elves in the Miller's Tale, and the Pardoner's suggesting his relics can cure cattle illnesses for his rural audiences) ... well, maybe these aren't quite the same world. <br /><br />Nor, of course, is that of Bevis of Hampton.Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-66321523760013798722010-02-22T21:39:21.228-05:002010-02-22T21:39:21.228-05:00I rode in a fox hunt during my teenage years (no f...I rode in a fox hunt during my teenage years (no foxes harmed in our zany pursuits!) and every year we participated in the Blessing of the Hounds. They're pretty clear in linking the tradition to St. Hubert as per this <a href="http://houndwelfare.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/st-hubert-and-the-blessing-of-the-hounds/" rel="nofollow">blog post</a>.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093558563358431804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-21796249903840438442010-02-22T18:32:35.059-05:002010-02-22T18:32:35.059-05:00CP, indeed, I've more than once worked a '...CP, indeed, I've more than once worked a 'in short, for mainstream medieval Xian resurrection doctrine, all dogs most certainly did NOT go to heaven' into a lecture. <br /><br />(incidentally, I literally lol'd at "Also, most of these books are about jumping")Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-32025758709219589762010-02-22T17:19:43.919-05:002010-02-22T17:19:43.919-05:00Surely by now somebody has pointed it out, but on ...Surely by now somebody has pointed it out, but on the off chance they haven't, I really think you should consider the fact that <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096787/" rel="nofollow">All Dogs Go to Heaven</a>.Got Medievalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03310906983837448973noreply@blogger.com