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B @ @ r 7 ! Louis Charbonneau-Lassay Charbonneau- Lassay TRE BESTIARY f OF CHRIST Parabola Books Mh. Govind a= TRE BESTIARY OF CARIST Louis Charbonneau-Lassay TRE BESTIARY OF CHRIST With Woodcuts by the Author Translated & Abridged by D.M. Dooling Parabola Books New York Le BESTIAIRE DU CHRIST originally published by Desclée, De Brouwer & Cie. France, 1940 English Translation Copyright © by Parabola Books 1991 All rights reserved. No part of this book, in part or in whole, may be reproduced, transmitted or utilized, in any form or by any means, electrical or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher, except for brief quotations in critical articles and reviews. Parabola Books is a publishing division of The Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, a not-for-profit organization devoted to the dissemination and exploration of materials related to myth, symbol, ritual, and art of the great religious traditions. The Society also publishes ParaBoLa, The Magazine of Myth and Tradition. This publication has been made possible, in part, by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts. International Standard Book Number: 0-930407-18-0 PARABOLA BOOKS 656 Broadway New York, NY 10012 Manufactured in the United States of America CONTENTS Foreword Introduction VII PART I THE TETRAMORPH The Tetramorph 3 The Lion 6 The Bull 15 The Eagle 25 The Man 33 PART II DOMESTIC ANIMALS The Horn 55 The Bovines 61 The Sheep 67 The Goat 83 The Horse 94 The Ass 106 The Dog 112 PART III WILD ANIMALS The Deer 117 The Panther and Other Wildcats, 127 the Hyena and the Mole The Wolf 138 The Boar, the Bear, 143 and the Hedgehog The Weasel 147 The Snake 153 The Frog and the Toad 165 The Salamander 175 The Crocodile 180 PART IV BIRDS The Vulture 189 The Falcon 195 The Owl 209 The Swallow 215 The Nightingale 223 The Lark 226 The Dove and the Raven, 229 the Crow and the Sparrow The Swan 243 The Pelican 258 Wading Birds 267 The Ostrich 275 The Egg 278 Wings and Feathers 288 PART V SEA CREATURES The Fish 295 The Dolphin 306 The Sea Urchin 309 PART VI INSECTS The Bee and the Fly 319 The Scarab and the Scorpion 334 The Caterpillar and the Butterfly 345 The Ichneumon Wasp and the 352 Grasshopper The Mantis and the Spider 356 PART VII FABULOUS BEASTS The Unicorn 365 The Winged Horse 376 The Centaur 381 The Lion of the Sea and the 391 Manticore The Hippogriff 394 The Griffin 397 The Dragon 410 The Basilisk 420 The Ouroboros and the 427 Amphisbaena The Phoenix 441 The Sphinx 453 463 Epilogue Bibliographical Appendix 464