"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.
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Höhe: 196 mm
Breite: 127 mm
Dicke: 23 mm
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978-1-948626-63-7 (9781948626637)
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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.
Prologue: Meeting the Goosexi
Part I: La Reine Pédauque: A pilgrimage in France
1On a Goose-Footed Threshold3
2The Game of the Goose12
3Square One19
4The First Goose29
5Pigeon, Boar, Rabbit36
6The Bridge40
7The Second Goose46
8The Third Goose49
9Amber Wine58
10Twenty-Six Ducks63
11The Inn68
12Wild Boar, Pigs, and Pugs73
13The Tempest78
14The Recluse85
15The Fourth Goose91
16La Reine Pédauque 95
Part II: The Mistress of Animals: A pilgrimage in France and Spain
17 The Dice101
18 The Fifth Goose110
19 The Well113
20 The Sixth Goose119
21 The Ice Storm126
22 The Seventh Goose129
23 An Angel and a Saint133
24 The Eighth Goose141
25 The Serpent146
26 The Ninth Goose158
27 Melusine168
28 The Rooster and the Hen 173
29 The Deer177
30 The Tenth Goose183
31 Red Roses and White Honeybees 193
32 Call Me Ishmael199
33 The Labyrinth205
34 The Ebro217
35 Mistress of Animals221
36 Prehistoric Pilgrims227
37 Nirvana235
38 Sa’di’s Daughter238
39 Our Lady of Sarlat 240
40 The Sport of Joy246
Part III: The Swan: A pilgrimage in France and Spain
41 Returning251
42 The Alchemical Journey255
43 The Gift262
44 The Valley Way267
45 The Eleventh Goose276
46 Saint Martin’s Goose280
47 The Fork in the Road 284
48 Cygnus294
49 Saint James’s Dice298
50 Mary’s Dice303
51 House of the Gods313
52 The Gander317
53 The Tower320
54 The Dragonfly324
55 The Twelfth Goose328
56 The Castle336
57 The Castro341
58 Death 350
59 The Thirteenth Goose355
60 Arriving361
61 The Lamia369
62 Between the Setting Sun and the North Star373
63 The Swan378
Epilogue: Meeting the Goose, Again383
