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New Day Cafe: the Legendary Fox [1]
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Date: 2023-06-12
JSTOR had a recent look at foxes, which are the stuff of legends and fairytales all over the world.
From the piece,
“We all know about foxes. In stories, movies, and songs, they’re quick, cunning, and, at times, foxy. Humans have been attributing these qualities to foxes for a long time, as folklore scholar Hans-Jörg Uther explores.
Uther notes that foxes live across most of the world—including throughout Europe, in much of Asia, and in parts of the Americas. And people in many of these places have invented stories about them. Ancient Egyptians portrayed the fox as a musician, as a guardian of geese, and as a servant of mice. The Achomawi, of what’s now northeastern California, tell a story of how the fox and coyote created the Earth and humanity.
In Greek and Roman tales, as well as parables found in the Jewish Talmud and Midrashim and stories in the Indian Panchatantra, foxes are often tricksters. They defeat stronger animals through cleverness. Depending on the location, the fox’s mark may be a bear, a tiger, or a wolf. In one story, the fox convinces the wolf to free him from a well by jumping in the other bucket, becoming trapped himself. In another, the fox uses flattery to get a raven to sing, dropping the cheese he had been carrying in his mouth.”
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