'Greyn' and the Resuscitation of the Little Clergeon
- Author / Editor
- Taylor, Gary.
'Greyn' and the Resuscitation of the Little Clergeon
- Published
- Southern Folklore Quarterly 34 (1970): 82-89.
- Description
- Suggests that the placing of the "greyn" on the tongue of the clergeon in PrT (7.622) is a reflex of the ubiquitous folk motif of the soul-as-bird being held, lured, or released from the body.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Prioress and Her Tale
- Sources, Analogues, and LIterary Relations