| Titre | Que le lapin est la forme domestique du lièvre | |
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| Auteur | François Poplin | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 129-130, 1993 Sauvage et domestique | |
| Page | 95-105 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Rabbits, Domesticated Hare
Mankind did not start manipulating wildlife today : in the Middle Ages, people spread rabbits across Europe. This new species thus came face to face with hare ; the two were destined by nature to form a bipartite whole. Hare were kept down in the role of wildlife, whereas rabbits have been brought up among small household animals, either directly through domestication (already advanced during the Middle Ages) or indirectly because wild rabbits presented a strong "homebody" image (owing, in particular, to their burrows) and were kept in warrens. "Wild" rabbits are, allegorically but nonetheless effectively, taken to be domestic animals. Overall, rabbits, given their history, are domesticated, diminutive hare ; at the same time, they are the latter' s double. This sheds new light on the etymologies of lapin and cuniculus. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1993_num_129_1_3405 |
