Monstrous animal siblings in Europe. From the frater Salernitanorum to the sooterkin

• Davide Ermacora ^[1]
  1. [1] Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia
• Localización: Boletín de Literatura Oral, ISSN-e 2173-0695, nº 7 (Anejo 7), 2022 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Monstrous animal siblings in Europe. From the frater Salernitanorum to the sooterkin / Davide Ermacora (aut.)), págs. 6-114
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  • Ermacora, Davide. Monstrous animal siblings in Europe: from the frater Salernitanorum to the sooterkin. Jaén: Boletín de Literatura Oral/Universidad de Jaén, 2022

    Miguel Rodríguez García

    eHumanista: Journal of Iberian Studies, ISSN-e 1540-5877, Vol. 61, 2025, pág. 567

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  • Los informes de mujeres que dan a luz a un bebé junto con un animal (sapo, ratón, pájaro, etc.) están documentados en Europa desde el 1100 en adelante: las tradiciones más importantes son el frater Salernitanorum y el sooterkin. A lo largo de los siglos, los autores generalmente han intentado explicar los hermanos animales monstruosos a la luz del conocimiento médico contemporáneo. El presente trabajo compara al frater Salernitanorum medieval con el posterior sooterkin e investiga ambos en términos histórico-folclóricos. Se argumenta que es importante comprender las tradiciones de nacimientos monstruosos no solo a la luz de la historia médica, sino como creencias y narraciones compartidas activamente a través de actos de comunicación. A este propósito, este trabajo se basa tanto en la historia de la medicina como en los estudios del folclore.

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