Codex•Mundi A scholarly atlas of the senses lost when crossing borders

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La chouette (sagesse Ouest, mort Inde)

Minerve pour les Grecs, présage funèbre pour de nombreuses cultures d'Asie et d'Afrique.

Under developmentMisunderstanding

Category : Symbols, numbers, colors, animalsSubcategory : animauxConfidence level : 1/5 (stub)Identifier : e0348

Geography of misunderstanding

Offensive

  • india
  • pakistan
  • bangladesh
  • sri-lanka
  • nepal
  • bhutan

Neutral

  • usa
  • canada
  • france
  • belgium
  • netherlands
  • luxembourg

Not documented

  • peuples-autochtones

Full description

⚠️ This sheet is currently under development. Detailed content will be published in a later phase of the editorial project.

Minerve pour les Grecs, présage funèbre pour de nombreuses cultures d'Asie et d'Afrique.

Sources

  1. Morris, D., Collett, P., Marsh, P., & O'Shaughnessy, M. (1979). Gestures: Their Origins and Distribution. Stein & Day / Jonathan Cape.
  2. Axtell, R. E. (1998). Gestures: The Do's and Taboos of Body Language Around the World (revised edition). John Wiley & Sons.
  3. Matsumoto, D. & Hwang, H.C. (2013). Cultural similarities and differences in emblematic gestures. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 37(1), 1-27. — ↗