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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture If it's of interest, there is an interview I saw in some back issue of Road to Emmaus <http://www.roadtoemmaus.net/back_issue_articles/RTE_19/The_Astonishing_Missionary_Journeys.pdf> in which George Alexandrou asserts that there is some speculation that Christopher (which would have been a title because his actual name was something Greeks couldn't even hope to pronounce) was called "dog-faced" because he belonged to a tribal population from what is now Baluchistan that practiced intentional scarification (see especially pp. 21-5). This is a totally non-scholarly, but it could provide for some fun, speculative stuff. - Kurt On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 11:37 PM, Eleanor Flynn <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > This is an aside to the Christopher narrative. I have just seen a rare > image of Christopher with an ‘animal face’ in the Icon Museum in Korce, > Albania. More horse than dog. > Regards > Eleanor Flynn > > On 25 Aug 2018, at 12:32, Graham Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > Dear Fellow List Members > > I'm familiar with Christopher as the dog-headed Reprobus, so was intrigued > to come across an assertion that in Gaelic his name was Conchenn, rendered > literally as 'Dog-Head'. It was accompanied by reference to a passage in > the Martyrology of Óengus in which Christopher's name is followed by the > phrase *i[d est]* *conchend*, translated in the Whitley Stokes edition as > 'i.e. a dog-head'. > > So far, so good, but was the saint ever routinely called Conchenn in > Gaelic in place of Christopher? I'm out of my comfort zone here, so would > be glad of guidance. > > Best wishes > > Graham > > ********************************************************* > Dr Graham Jones > Oxford University School of Geography and the Environment > > ********************************************************************** To > join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: > [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: > unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to > report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] For further information, visit > our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion > > ********************************************************************** To > join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: > [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: > unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to > report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] For further information, visit > our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion