The Wolf in Sheep's skin

Title

en_US The Wolf in Sheep's skin

en_US Thai Pamphlets

en_US TH 0660044

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T16:15:08Z

en_US 1995-10

en_US 1990?

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:15:08Z

Date Issued

en_US 1990?

Abstract

en_US This version turns out to be fascinating. The illustrations present a skin that covers only the trunk of the wolf's body, like a blanket or poncho. Much of the story loses its point, I believe, if the fable is presented visually this way. The wolf first slinks into the sheepfold at night. Let me quote the next lines verbatim in sequence, since I think they raise questions. He eats quite a few of them. One day, the shepherd is suspicious. He counts his sheep. Three sheep are missing. There is no particular cause presented for the shepherd's discovery of the wolf. The shepherd hangs the wolf, occasioning the fellow shepherd's question Do you hang sheep now? and the shepherd's answer No, but I hang a wolf in the habit and skin of sheep with the dramatic gesture of removing the sheepskin from the wolf's corpse. Where did that word habit come from? Overall, this fable's presentation suggests to me that the artist betrayed the storyteller.

Identifier

en_US 9789745061552

en_US 2340 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/77897

Language

en_US eng

Subject

en_US PA3855.T5 S87 1990 no. 44 See all items with this value

en_US Book containing one fable See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole