Project Gutenberg 2009-05-29 Public domain in the USA. 90 Brown, Abbie Farwell 1871 1927 Cory, Fanny Y. 1877 1972 Cooney, Fanny Young Cory Cory, F. Y. (Fanny Y.) 00006882 The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts Produced by Suzanne Shell, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts" by Abbie Farwell Brown is a collection of charming stories written in the turn of the 20th century. The book narrates the legendary tales of various saints, showcasing their interactions with animals, emphasizing themes of kindness, compassion, and friendship across species. Different characters, such as Saint Bridget, Saint Gerasimus, and many others, embody traits of goodness and warmth that resonate with the spirit of unity between humans and creatures. The opening of the book sets the tone for these tales, featuring Saint Bridget and a king's wolf. The story begins with a glimpse into the life of Saint Bridget, illustrating her deep compassion for creatures labelled as wild or dangerous. When the king's beloved tame wolf is accidentally shot by a countryman, Bridget takes it upon herself to rescue the man from a harsh punishment by presenting the king with a wild wolf that she has tamed. This encounter highlights the saint's bravery and cleverness while establishing the book's central theme of understanding and empathy towards all beings, as well as the enduring power of friendship and redemption. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Animals -- Folklore Christian saints -- Legends GR PZ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 287957 287970 2024-09-12T11:38:53.406254 2023-09-13T04:11:56.370776 text/html text/html 287576 2021-01-05T03:50:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 763533 2021-01-05T03:50:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 791078 2024-09-12T11:38:59.076251 application/epub+zip 793283 2024-09-12T11:38:54.581270 application/epub+zip 182880 2024-09-12T11:38:53.980238 application/epub+zip 899631 2024-09-12T11:39:02.593174 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 858099 2024-09-12T11:38:58.294192 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 240697 2022-09-13T12:31:21.845482 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 246684 246467 2024-09-12T11:38:52.671253 2023-09-13T04:11:55.681753 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 246494 2021-01-05T03:50:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 91507 2021-01-05T03:50:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 246490 2021-01-05T03:50:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 91474 2021-01-05T03:50:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21390 2024-09-12T11:39:02.760175 application/rdf+xml 26544 2024-09-12T11:38:54.076276 image/jpeg 3817 2024-09-12T11:38:54.029268 image/jpeg 763498 2024-09-12T11:38:53.470242 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia