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Sacred geese and ancient reverence across cultures
A Pall Mall Gazette piece surveys goose symbolism from ancient Egypt to Burma and China. It notes goose reverence in Britain and Ireland, goose weights in Egypt and Nineveh, and the goose as emblem in Buddhist art and weddings, linking superstition with historical folklore.
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