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Ancient word of the day: Hedgehog
The ancient word for today is hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus. In the Middle Ages, writers didn’t make reference to hedgehogs, but to urchins. This term for the spiky diminuitive animal is still favoured in some English dialects. We still have the lingering remnants of this etymology in the form of sea urchin, which is literally a sea hedgehog.
The word urchin came to England with the Norman invasion and was derived from the Latin word ericius. Before the Norman conquest, the animal was known by the Anglo-Saxon name Igl.
Other names
Furze-pig – Devon
Hotchi-witchi – Romani
Hodmedods – Norfolk
Ouriço cacheiro – crafty pig
Detail of a miniature of hedgehogs sticking fallen fruit to their quills and carrying it back to their burrow; from the Rochester Bestiary, England (Rochester?), c. 1230, Royal MS 12 F. xiii, f. 45r.
or porco espinho’ – spiky pig in Portuguese”Thorns shall grow in their palaces, nettles & thistles in their strongholds … there shall the hedgehog build, dig, be there at home and bring forth his young ones.” Taverner’s Isiah 34, 1539.
Detail of a miniature of the hedgehog reproaching the goat for his vanity; from Ulrich von Pottenstein, Spiegel der Weisheit, Austria (Salzburg), c. 1430, Egerton MS 1121, f. 44v.The hedgehog was a symbol of Christian humility
The Speculum sapientiae, or Mirror of Wisdom is an ancient tale of beasts in Latin. In one tale, a passing goat sees its reflection in a pond and declares himself very handsome indeed. A hedgehog trundles along afterwards and reproaches the goat telling him that profound humility, not vain boasting are what makes animals truly noble.
Detail of a miniature of a hedgehog; from Jean de Wavrin, Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre, vol. 1, Netherlands (Bruges), 1471-1483, Royal MS 15 E. iv, f. 180r.Read more: The British Library Digitised Manusripts
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⭐️New⭐️
A new hedgehog drawing, a little postcard size original that can be sent as a gift.
Find it in my Folksy shop...
https://folksy.com/find/item/8689312#FediGiftShop #ScottishArtist #MastoArt #CreativeToots
#Hedgehog #OriginalArt #Drawing #ColourPencil #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #SupportSmallBusiness #WildlifeArt -
⭐️New⭐️
A new hedgehog drawing, a little postcard size original that can be sent as a gift.
Find it in my Folksy shop...
https://folksy.com/find/item/8689312#FediGiftShop #ScottishArtist #MastoArt #CreativeToots
#Hedgehog #OriginalArt #Drawing #ColourPencil #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #SupportSmallBusiness #WildlifeArt -
⭐️New⭐️
A new hedgehog drawing, a little postcard size original that can be sent as a gift.
Find it in my Folksy shop...
https://folksy.com/find/item/8689312#FediGiftShop #ScottishArtist #MastoArt #CreativeToots
#Hedgehog #OriginalArt #Drawing #ColourPencil #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #SupportSmallBusiness #WildlifeArt -
Very cute hedgehog mural in the Balgreen Tunnel
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In EMBO Journal issue 3:
Host #mucins negotiate peace with #toxigenic #Vibrio
Cytosolic #stressgranules relieve nuclear #ubiquitin-#proteasome system
#Smoothened #cholesterylation and ER exit links in #Hedgehog signaling
Developmental #cellfate decision control by #chromatin reader #TRIM33
Cover by Kimon Lemonides, Helen Walden et al