Gogol's pig snouts

[Will Ryan]

The literature on the association of Jews and pigs and the devil in 
European polemic literature is, regrettably, fairly large. A classic 
study is Isaiah Shachar, The Judensau : a medieval anti-Jewish motif and 
its history, London : Warburg Institute, 1974. Try Google with 'Judensau 
devil' for a depressing list of shameful references. Specifically on 
snouts try Van Welie-Vink, W.A.W., Pig Snouts as Sign of Evil in 
Manuscripts from the Low Countries, Quaerendo 26, 1996, 213-228.
Will Ryan

Dan Newton wrote:
> Richard Taruskin says that the pig snouts in Gogol's "Sorochinskaia
> iarmarka" are evidence of Gogol's antisemitism (the first one appears to the
> Jewish pawnbroker who has cheated the devil out of his red jacket), and by
> extension, of Musorgskii's (the opera).
> 
> Do you know of any other instances of pig snouts as manifestations of the
> devil?  Of antisemitism?  Both?  Any ideas as to origin?
> 
> Big thanks in advance.
> Dan
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