La panthère des monts Mandara, de l’effroi à l’oubli

Since the early 1980’s, no leopard (Panthera pardus) had been spotted in the Mandara mountains. Leopards were fearsome felines, they represented leadership in the animal world and were a symbol of power for human leaders. Leopards have shaped the mentality of the mountaineers, from their daily behav...

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Main Author: Christian Seignobos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Laboratoire Éco-anthropologie et Ethnobiologie 2021-12-01
Series:Revue d'ethnoécologie
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/7915
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description Since the early 1980’s, no leopard (Panthera pardus) had been spotted in the Mandara mountains. Leopards were fearsome felines, they represented leadership in the animal world and were a symbol of power for human leaders. Leopards have shaped the mentality of the mountaineers, from their daily behaviors to the development of their habitats; not to mention their predominance in the tales and fabliaux. Their disappearance gave way to “mystical” panthers, created by sorcerers, and their image is already beginning to fade in these very fabliaux.
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spelling doaj.art-16f084909d3b42cc8baf5abc05b9931d2022-12-22T01:40:17ZengLaboratoire Éco-anthropologie et EthnobiologieRevue d'ethnoécologie2267-24192021-12-012010.4000/ethnoecologie.7915La panthère des monts Mandara, de l’effroi à l’oubliChristian SeignobosSince the early 1980’s, no leopard (Panthera pardus) had been spotted in the Mandara mountains. Leopards were fearsome felines, they represented leadership in the animal world and were a symbol of power for human leaders. Leopards have shaped the mentality of the mountaineers, from their daily behaviors to the development of their habitats; not to mention their predominance in the tales and fabliaux. Their disappearance gave way to “mystical” panthers, created by sorcerers, and their image is already beginning to fade in these very fabliaux.http://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/7915leopardextinctionMandara mountainschiefdomtales
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La panthère des monts Mandara, de l’effroi à l’oubli
Revue d'ethnoécologie
leopard
extinction
Mandara mountains
chiefdom
tales
title La panthère des monts Mandara, de l’effroi à l’oubli
title_full La panthère des monts Mandara, de l’effroi à l’oubli
title_fullStr La panthère des monts Mandara, de l’effroi à l’oubli
title_full_unstemmed La panthère des monts Mandara, de l’effroi à l’oubli
title_short La panthère des monts Mandara, de l’effroi à l’oubli
title_sort la panthere des monts mandara de l effroi a l oubli
topic leopard
extinction
Mandara mountains
chiefdom
tales
url http://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/7915
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