The Singular Beast
Contributors: Carol Volk (Translator)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: November 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780231103671
Subjects: Christianity; Cultural studies; Folklore; Jewish studies; Judaism And Christianity; Religious Anthropology; Sociology; Religion; Comparative Religion; Customs & Traditions; Folklore & Mythology - Folklore; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Christian Rituals & Practice - General; General; Judaism - Rituals & Practice
First sentence: On June 11,1780, a noble breeder from the region of Sault in the Audois Psyrenees, a Mr. Fondi de Niort, alerted the administrator of Languedoc to the mountainous journey of a herd of pigs.