medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Boccaccio tells the story of the boy whose father taught him that geese
were women in his intro to the Fourth Day of the Decameron. Sounds like
he picked it up from some earlier exemplum or fabliau.
John
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