
When whales were monsters…
In medieval society, animals served as “scapegoats, mirror images and representations of human reality.
– "Bad to the bone”? The Unnatural History of Monstrous Medieval Whales

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ANIMALS, PEOPLE AND THOSE IN BETWEEN

When whales were monsters…
In medieval society, animals served as “scapegoats, mirror images and representations of human reality.
– "Bad to the bone”? The Unnatural History of Monstrous Medieval Whales