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Le Bestiaire Sauvage: Histoires et Légendes des Animaux de Nos Campagnes [The Wild Bestiary: Stories and Myths of the Animals of Our Countryside]

Popular Science
By: Bernard Bertrand(Author)
192 pages, colour illustrations
Le Bestiaire Sauvage: Histoires et Légendes des Animaux de Nos Campagnes [The Wild Bestiary: Stories and Myths of the Animals of Our Countryside]
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Language: French

Bear, wolf, fox, bat, eagle, cuckoo, tit, viper, salamander, grasshopper, ant, spider... most animals presented in this book are not unknown to the general public.

But what is the nature of this knowledge, when you know the "baggage" that these animals carry, peddle and support in popular traditions? A lot of fears, fantasies, legends, beliefs are often expressed concerning them, more so than the naturalistic and behavioral realities...

This book is primarily intended to tell all these stories that cross between man and beast. But the author also hopes to share things between beliefs and reality. Not to mystify, but to bring us to this wilderness, to exchange fear of the unknown with the pleasure of shared knowledge.

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Ours, loup, renard, chauve-souris, aigle, coucou, mésange, vipère, salamandre, cigale, fourmi, araignée… La plupart des animaux présentés dans ce livre ne sont pas des inconnus auprès du grand public.

Mais de quelles connaissances s’agit-il, quand on sait le « poids » que ces animaux portent, colportent et supportent dans les traditions populaires ? Autour d’eux, ce sont bien plus souvent des craintes, des fantasmes, des légendes, des croyances qui s’expriment, plus que des réalités naturalistes ou comportementales…

Ce livre a donc pour but premier de raconter toutes ces histoires croisées entre hommes et bêtes. Mais il espère aussi pouvoir faire la part des choses entre ces croyances et la réalité. Non pas pour démystifier, mais plutôt pour nous rapprocher de cette nature sauvage, pour passer des peurs de l’inconnu au plaisir de la connaissance partagée.

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Popular Science
By: Bernard Bertrand(Author)
192 pages, colour illustrations
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