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Sacred Geese Across Cultures Highlight Fables and Folklore
A Pall Mall Gazette summary traces geese as sacred symbols in many cultures. It notes origins in totemism, avoidance of geese in historic diets, goose imagery in Egypt Burma and China, and religious associations from Roman legends to Buddhist temples, with geese tied to peace and piety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Frazer
Caesar
Britain
Ireland
Great Crosby
Lancashire
Hebrides
Scotland
Rome
Walter
Egypt
Seb
Osiris
Burma
Kandy
Ceylon
Japan
China
Siam
Layard
Nineveh
Anajapoora
Himalayas
Pall Mall Gazette