Medievalists.net » Fables http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Fables of Leonardo da Vinci http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/30/fables-leonardo-da-vinci/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/30/fables-leonardo-da-vinci/#comments Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:03:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47743 When wine is consumed by the drunkard, it takes revenge on the drinker.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/30/fables-leonardo-da-vinci/feed/ 0 Faerie Folklore in Medieval Tales: An Introduction http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/24/faerie-folklore-in-medieval-tales-an-introduction/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/24/faerie-folklore-in-medieval-tales-an-introduction/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:14:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39410 Defining the term 'faerie' is not easy; some definitions include only specific, pre-Christian types of mythological creatures while other definitions include all of the spirits, angels and supernatural animals as well as the souls of the dead. I will take a middle road and include the spirits and the souls of the dead, since the dead and the faeries have an intimate connection in the folklore of the British Isles.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/24/faerie-folklore-in-medieval-tales-an-introduction/feed/ 0 Vilification of Identity and the Exilic Narrative: The Illustrated Pied Piper Story http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/22/vilification-of-identity-and-the-exilic-narrative-the-illustrated-pied-piper-story/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/22/vilification-of-identity-and-the-exilic-narrative-the-illustrated-pied-piper-story/#comments Sun, 22 Jul 2012 22:42:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34056 This paper situates The Pied Piper story as an exilic narrative, part of a larger repertoire of stories that follow the romantic quest-myth formula, a formula that conveys a totla metaphor for the “journey of life”.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/22/vilification-of-identity-and-the-exilic-narrative-the-illustrated-pied-piper-story/feed/ 0 The human presence in Robert Henryson’s Fables and William Caxton’s The History of Reynard the Fox http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/26/the-human-presence-in-robert-henrysons-fables-and-william-caxtons-the-history-of-reynard-the-fox/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/26/the-human-presence-in-robert-henrysons-fables-and-william-caxtons-the-history-of-reynard-the-fox/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:50:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=31319 The principal method used is the gathering of specific instances of human presence in the two texts, and the categorising or coding of such instances, with the aid of the qualitative-data computer program QSR N6.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/26/the-human-presence-in-robert-henrysons-fables-and-william-caxtons-the-history-of-reynard-the-fox/feed/ 0 Folk narratives and legends as sources of widespread idioms: Toward a Lexicon of Common Figurative Units http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/18/folk-narratives-and-legends-as-sources-of-widespread-idioms-toward-a-lexicon-of-common-figurative-units/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/18/folk-narratives-and-legends-as-sources-of-widespread-idioms-toward-a-lexicon-of-common-figurative-units/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:06:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=30273 On the one hand, stories (particularly fables) have been de- rived from already existing proverbs, from antiquity up to early modern times. On the other hand, a story in its summarised form can live on in a proverb or an idiom, even if the knowledge of this story has been forgotten for a long time.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/18/folk-narratives-and-legends-as-sources-of-widespread-idioms-toward-a-lexicon-of-common-figurative-units/feed/ 0 Chaucer’s Parlement of Foules as a Valentine Fable The Subversive Poetics of Feminine Desire http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/14/chaucers-parlement-of-foules-as-a-valentine-fable-the-subversive-poetics-of-feminine-desire/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/14/chaucers-parlement-of-foules-as-a-valentine-fable-the-subversive-poetics-of-feminine-desire/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:27:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=17027 Chaucer’s Parlement of Foules as a Valentine Fable The Subversive Poetics of Feminine Desire Jost, Jean A. In parentheses: Papers in Medieval Studies Vol.1 (1999) Abstract Chaucer’s initiation of St. Valentine’s Day as a celebration for love-birds of all species began a remarkable tradition of wide social and cultural still blooming today in florists’ and Hallmark shops […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/14/chaucers-parlement-of-foules-as-a-valentine-fable-the-subversive-poetics-of-feminine-desire/feed/ 0 “The Bad Behaviour of Friars and Women in the Medieval Catalan fabliaux and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales” http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/11/the-bad-behaviour-of-friars-and-women-in-the-medieval-catalan-fabliaux-and-chaucer%e2%80%99s-canterbury-tales/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/11/the-bad-behaviour-of-friars-and-women-in-the-medieval-catalan-fabliaux-and-chaucer%e2%80%99s-canterbury-tales/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 06:02:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=15182 “The Bad Behaviour of Friars and Women in the Medieval Catalan fabliaux and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales” Méndez, Jerónimo (University of Valencia) BAD BEHAVIOUR Volume 3(1) (2010) Abstract Medieval Catalan narrative works or fabliaux contain many examples of bad behaviour on the part of priests and particularly friars from mendicants orders (usually Franciscans and Dominicans). They perpetrate many deceptions […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/11/the-bad-behaviour-of-friars-and-women-in-the-medieval-catalan-fabliaux-and-chaucer%e2%80%99s-canterbury-tales/feed/ 0 Fables of King Arthur. Aelred of Rievaulx and Secular Pastimes http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/30/fables-of-king-arthur-aelred-of-rievaulx-and-secular-pastimes-2/ http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/30/fables-of-king-arthur-aelred-of-rievaulx-and-secular-pastimes-2/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:12:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=14544 Fables of King Arthur. Aelred of Rievaulx and Secular Pastimes Tahkokallio, Jaakko (University of Helsinki) Mirator, Vol. 9:1 (2008) Abstract: This article examines the puzzling reference that Aelred of Rievaulx (c. 1110– 1167) made to King Arthur in his Speculum Caritatis, and argues that the reference is best interpreted as an allusion to orally circulated stories, not to […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/30/fables-of-king-arthur-aelred-of-rievaulx-and-secular-pastimes-2/feed/ 0 Of Lions and Foxes: Power and Rule in Hebrew Medieval Fables http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/02/of-lions-and-foxes-power-and-rule-in-hebrew-medieval-fables/ http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/02/of-lions-and-foxes-power-and-rule-in-hebrew-medieval-fables/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:38:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=13300 Of Lions and Foxes: Power and Rule in Hebrew Medieval Fables Refael-Vivante, Revital (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) Revista Paz y Conflictos, número 2 año 2009 Abstract This article examines the relationship between the lion and the fox as an expression of the disposition of powers in the political-governmental arena and their relationship to the governed, in ancient […]

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