{"product_id":"9780521108805-holy-greyhound","title":"The Holy Greyhound","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuinefort, Healer of Children since the Thirteenth Century. The legend of a dog which is unjustly killed by its master in error, after it has defended his child from attack  by a snake or wolf, appears in several popular cultures of Indo-European origin. This book concentrates on one local manifestation of the legend: a cult among the peasants of the Dombes, north of Lyons, who brought their sick child to the grave of 'Saint Guinefort', the martyred greyhound, for preservation from disease. Providing a rare access to the underlying cultural traditions of Europe, all too often submerged in the survivals of literate culture, this book will be welcomed by a wide range of historians and anthropologists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40868815175777,"sku":"9780521108805","price":20.93,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/0bd6b763e6e2293b182ca18e7a9e2c77.png?v=1686806439","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780521108805-holy-greyhound","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}