tradition goes back centuries, recalling that dogs in the ancient Middle East were loathsome street scavengers, despised by humans. (You se...
Muhammad the cat lover
The Celtic rite, revisited
fire while they screamed in agony. The ancient ritual persisted for centuries in some parts of Europe and was conducted by two very differe...
Cats and Crusaders
between the Muslims and the Christians, resulted in Christians learning about Muslim culture, including becoming aware of the Muslims’ lov...
In faraway Wales
We are fortunate to possess copies of laws mandated in the tenth century by Howel the Good, the ruler of Wales. Howel’s law code stated that...
Why did the Celts do it?
people , associated cats with fertility, and so a mass sacrifice of cats to the gods of fertility had a certain odd logic to it. We still hav...
In merry olde England
island was invaded by the Angles, the Germanic tribe that gradually turned Britannia into Angle-land, or England.
Cats versus ferrets
rodents and rabbits by burrowing into their prey’s hiding places. People in the ancient world often used them as rodent exterminators, but ...
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