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Ermacora, Davide, "Cooperation and conflict among humans, lizards and bosom Serpents in Late Medieval and Early Modern Italy", Quaderni di Semantica, 1 (2015), 265-292.

Resum: Erasmus of Rotterdam describes, in his fictional dialogue Amicitia (Sympathy), in the Colloquia, some late medieval variants he had heard from Italian peasants of a snake entering the human body (tale-type AaTh/ATU 285B*). In particular, the friendly lizard is alleged to save dozing peasants, by warning them of the snake's approach: the snake might otherwise have entered sleeping mouths and have crept into their bodies. Starting with Erasmus' account, this paper brings together the documentary evidence for these enduring folk beliefs: the general enmity between lizards and snakes and attempts on the part of lizards to help humans against snake attacks.
Matèries: Folklore
Història natural - Animals
URL: https://www.academia.edu/16035155/2015._Cooperation ...