عنوان

What, no rats? The solar bird tradition and its relevance to the Pied Piper legend

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LA112659

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

What, no rats? The solar bird tradition and its relevance to the Pied Piper legend

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[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Jim Kline

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

For over seven hundred years, the legend of the Pied Piper has inspired folk tales, poems, songs, and theatrical productions, as well as speculations about whether the legend is based upon actual events that occurred on 26 June 1284, the date given to the incident according to several commemorative documents and monuments found in the town of Hamelin, Germany, where the legend originated. Many scholars who have studied the legend believe it has little to do with a Pied Piper ridding the town of rats and later enticing the town's children to follow him out of town where they all disappear; instead, they believe the incident refers to a military recruiter who either led a troupe of young men to the Baltic or to Transylvania to establish settlements there. However, other scholars put great significance upon the date of the event and how it might be related to a summer solstice celebration gone awry. The following article provides evidence to support the summer solstice theory, presenting information relating to ancient solar bird traditions that link the piper with shamanic rites in which shamans dress as birds and perform bird sacrifices associated with both summer and winter solstice celebrations. For over seven hundred years, the legend of the Pied Piper has inspired folk tales, poems, songs, and theatrical productions, as well as speculations about whether the legend is based upon actual events that occurred on 26 June 1284, the date given to the incident according to several commemorative documents and monuments found in the town of Hamelin, Germany, where the legend originated. Many scholars who have studied the legend believe it has little to do with a Pied Piper ridding the town of rats and later enticing the town's children to follow him out of town where they all disappear; instead, they believe the incident refers to a military recruiter who either led a troupe of young men to the Baltic or to Transylvania to establish settlements there. However, other scholars put great significance upon the date of the event and how it might be related to a summer solstice celebration gone awry. The following article provides evidence to support the summer solstice theory, presenting information relating to ancient solar bird traditions that link the piper with shamanic rites in which shamans dress as birds and perform bird sacrifices associated with both summer and winter solstice celebrations.

Date of Publication

2018

Physical description

1-15

Title

International Journal of Jungian Studies

Volume Number

10/1

International Standard Serial Number

1940-9060

Subject Term

Flashbulb memories

Subject Term

Pied Piper

Subject Term

sacrifice

Subject Term

shaman

Subject Term

solar bird

Jim Kline

Call Number

10.1080/19409052.2017.1392335

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p

[Article]

275578

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Y