European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 08, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Tie Entrance to the collector s and Lucky Chirm pig museum. Continued from Page /1 among the pig paintings that decorate the Walls is a letter from the City fathers. It thank. Erika Wilhelmer Lor choosing bad Wimpfen for her museum said to he the first of its kind in Germany. Ai ording to the brochure handed out at the door the eight rooms filled with exhibits show visitors the Many ways the pig Symbol has been used and give them a Chance to Ponder the deeper meaning and i Ler of such there has been a longtime human hang up with the pig. Whose rotund form and priggish ways have captivated some and disgusted others. Tor example Zulu and carib girls Are warned that if they eat pork they la Bear children with priggish features ancient Fly Priam considered the pig unclean and would t allow Swineherd inside the temples. Syrian worshippers of Attis shared the i egyptians Bias and they refused to eat pork. The cretans however worshipped pigs while greek women sacrificed them to the female Earth deity. Welsh folklore says pigs appear on halloween and during an it Lipse it s the i us Limi to Grunt like a priv i Ireland Loiue called t in Island folklore says a k pig is a bad sign but that illness can he prevented by walking around a Pigsty three times. Germany s relationship with the pig is somewhat ambivalent. A is Mem my is a scoundrel. Something so men a i is filthy and detestable. On the other hand to say you have a Swine indie ales that you be had a bit Eif Good Luik and the pig lakers ils place besides the from ils / is of Chr top of Hichel s nov in or a left Ull. Clipped newspaper Over re s pig. \ 12 it Ipei my Gotine a Bruvry Al 1990
