"With three pilgrimages across southern France and northern Spain defining author and anthropologist Beebe Bahrami's single journey on the Camino de Santiago, [this book] recounts an inner and outer journey full of wild nature, ancient roads and history, quirky pilgrims, wise and humorous locals, and puzzling folklore. It's a ... tale of quest, initiation, and transformation following the Way of Saint James. The book is also a detective story that reveals an old mystery: why is the goose associated with the medieval Camino de Santiago, and how did it come to preserve a whole universe of pagan,…mehr
"With three pilgrimages across southern France and northern Spain defining author and anthropologist Beebe Bahrami's single journey on the Camino de Santiago, [this book] recounts an inner and outer journey full of wild nature, ancient roads and history, quirky pilgrims, wise and humorous locals, and puzzling folklore. It's a ... tale of quest, initiation, and transformation following the Way of Saint James. The book is also a detective story that reveals an old mystery: why is the goose associated with the medieval Camino de Santiago, and how did it come to preserve a whole universe of pagan, pre-Christian lore in one innocent symbol?"--Publisher marketing.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Award-winning writer and anthropologist Beebe Bahrami is the author of the travel memoirs Café Oc and Café Neandertal and several travel guides, including The Spiritual Traveler Spain and Moon Camino de Santiago. Her essays appear in BBC Travel, Wine Enthusiast, Archaeology, the Pennsylvania Gazette, Perceptive Travel, and other publications. She lives in Ocean City, New Jersey.
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Prologue: Meeting the Goose xi Part I: La Reine Pédauque: A pilgrimage in France 1 On a Goose-Footed Threshold 3 2 The Game of the Goose 12 3 Square One 19 4 The First Goose 29 5 Pigeon, Boar, Rabbit 36 6 The Bridge 40 7 The Second Goose 46 8 The Third Goose 49 9 Amber Wine 58 10 Twenty-Six Ducks 63 11 The Inn 68 12 Wild Boar, Pigs, and Pugs 73 13 The Tempest 78 14 The Recluse 85 15 The Fourth Goose 91 16 La Reine Pédauque 95 Part II: The Mistress of Animals: A pilgrimage in France and Spain 17 The Dice 101 18 The Fifth Goose 110 19 The Well 113 20 The Sixth Goose 119 21 The Ice Storm 126 22 The Seventh Goose 129 23 An Angel and a Saint 133 24 The Eighth Goose 141 25 The Serpent 146 26 The Ninth Goose 158 27 Melusine 168 28 The Rooster and the Hen 173 29 The Deer 177 30 The Tenth Goose 183 31 Red Roses and White Honeybees 193 32 Call Me Ishmael 199 33 The Labyrinth 205 34 The Ebro 217 35 Mistress of Animals 221 36 Prehistoric Pilgrims 227 37 Nirvana 235 38 Sa’di’s Daughter 238 39 Our Lady of Sarlat 240 40 The Sport of Joy 246 Part III: The Swan: A pilgrimage in France and Spain 41 Returning 251 42 The Alchemical Journey 255 43 The Gift 262 44 The Valley Way 267 45 The Eleventh Goose 276 46 Saint Martin’s Goose 280 47 The Fork in the Road 284 48 Cygnus 294 49 Saint James’s Dice 298 50 Mary’s Dice 303 51 House of the Gods 313 52 The Gander 317 53 The Tower 320 54 The Dragonfly 324 55 The Twelfth Goose 328 56 The Castle 336 57 The Castro 341 58 Death 350 59 The Thirteenth Goose 355 60 Arriving 361 61 The Lamia 369 62 Between the Setting Sun and the North Star 373 63 The Swan 378 Epilogue: Meeting the Goose, Again 383
Prologue: Meeting the Goose xi Part I: La Reine Pédauque: A pilgrimage in France 1 On a Goose-Footed Threshold 3 2 The Game of the Goose 12 3 Square One 19 4 The First Goose 29 5 Pigeon, Boar, Rabbit 36 6 The Bridge 40 7 The Second Goose 46 8 The Third Goose 49 9 Amber Wine 58 10 Twenty-Six Ducks 63 11 The Inn 68 12 Wild Boar, Pigs, and Pugs 73 13 The Tempest 78 14 The Recluse 85 15 The Fourth Goose 91 16 La Reine Pédauque 95 Part II: The Mistress of Animals: A pilgrimage in France and Spain 17 The Dice 101 18 The Fifth Goose 110 19 The Well 113 20 The Sixth Goose 119 21 The Ice Storm 126 22 The Seventh Goose 129 23 An Angel and a Saint 133 24 The Eighth Goose 141 25 The Serpent 146 26 The Ninth Goose 158 27 Melusine 168 28 The Rooster and the Hen 173 29 The Deer 177 30 The Tenth Goose 183 31 Red Roses and White Honeybees 193 32 Call Me Ishmael 199 33 The Labyrinth 205 34 The Ebro 217 35 Mistress of Animals 221 36 Prehistoric Pilgrims 227 37 Nirvana 235 38 Sa’di’s Daughter 238 39 Our Lady of Sarlat 240 40 The Sport of Joy 246 Part III: The Swan: A pilgrimage in France and Spain 41 Returning 251 42 The Alchemical Journey 255 43 The Gift 262 44 The Valley Way 267 45 The Eleventh Goose 276 46 Saint Martin’s Goose 280 47 The Fork in the Road 284 48 Cygnus 294 49 Saint James’s Dice 298 50 Mary’s Dice 303 51 House of the Gods 313 52 The Gander 317 53 The Tower 320 54 The Dragonfly 324 55 The Twelfth Goose 328 56 The Castle 336 57 The Castro 341 58 Death 350 59 The Thirteenth Goose 355 60 Arriving 361 61 The Lamia 369 62 Between the Setting Sun and the North Star 373 63 The Swan 378 Epilogue: Meeting the Goose, Again 383
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