Buried in a Head
African and Asian Parallels to Aesop’s Fable
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8934649 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Y Berezkin (0000-0001-6001-7339, corresponding author), E Duvakin (0000-0003-3464-6902) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 127 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 91-102 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0015587x.2015.1111561 |
| OpenAlex | W2316975580 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 8 |
There is a strange story among the fables ascribed to Aesop. It was preserved by Aristophanes and tells about the lark, who was born before the creation of the earth and had to bury her dead father in her own head. This article investigates Indian, Arabic, and North and West African parallels to this story. The analysed texts share several specific details, and the motif ‘buried in a head’ lying at the base of them is found worldwide only in a few areas of Eurasia and Africa; so there is most likely a historical connection between the examples
Ancient history · Arabic · Archaeology · Art · Fable · Genealogy · Geography · Head (geology · Linguistics · Literature · Motif (music · Parallels · African history and culture analysis · Classical Antiquity Studies · Geology · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Paleontology · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |