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Swallows and Humans in Wales: historical and modern feeding strategies
Lee Raye
Medieval Animal Data-Network
Swansea University Author: Lee Raye
Abstract
The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica ) is a highly successful species of bird found on every continent. It is commensal with humans and has a long history of exploiting human industry for its home and food. After a very brief species history, this article provides a modern case study, looking at the be...
| Published in: | Medieval Animal Data-Network |
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| Published: |
2017
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| Online Access: |
https://mad.hypotheses.org/972 |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa37395 |
| Abstract: |
The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica ) is a highly successful species of bird found on every continent. It is commensal with humans and has a long history of exploiting human industry for its home and food. After a very brief species history, this article provides a modern case study, looking at the behaviour of swallows at Cardiff University in Wales to inform a new reading of the metaphor of the swallow and the sea-swallow in the medieval Welsh ‘Culhwch ac Olwen’. |
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| Item Description: |
This is a note on The Medieval Animal Data-Network, a peer-reviewed blog. |
| Keywords: |
commensal, Culhwch ac Olwen, medieval Welsh, species history, swallow |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |