Title: Hunting the wren
First published: 1997
Description: A unique interdisciplinary study, this book examines the British and European tradition of the wren hunt, in which a bird ordinarily revered and protected for most of the year was killed around the time of the annual solstice. In focusing on this ancient ritual, Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence draws on her training in cultural anthropology and biology to cast a fresh light on the complexities of human-animal relationships.
Subjects: Animal sacrifice, Birds, Effect of human beings on, Folklore, Human ecology, Human-animal relationships, Nature, Philosophy of nature, Rites and ceremonies, Social aspects, Social aspects of Wrens, Symbolic aspects, Symbolic aspects of Birds, Wrens, Fowling, Nature, effect of human beings on
Places: Europe, Great Britain
LC classification: GR735 .L356 1997