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1923; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 112; Issue: 2804 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1038/112144a0
ISSN1476-4687
ResumoTHE SCOTTISH TABOO OF PORK.—In the memoirs of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society (vol. 661), Mr. Donald A. Mackenzie investigates the Scottish objection to the use of pork. He remarks that while the Celts, the medieval clergy, Angles, Saxons, Vikings, and Flemings settled in Scotland reared swine and ate their flesh, the prejudice against this meat was perpetuated by the descendants of the indigenous races, the common folk. The prejudice in the Hebrides has been acquired from them, and James VI. of Scotland and some contemporary lords likewise succumbed to the taboo. Mr. Mackenzie doubtfully traces the belief to Egypt, where Set, the slayer of Osiris, “was the prototype of the Satanic pig demon,” and the cult of the pig was associated with that of the Great Mother.
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