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===Cat=== | ===Cat=== | ||
In May 2010, a [[Germany|German]] married his cat when he was told by his vet that the animal would soon die.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8658327.stm | work=BBC | title= German man 'marries' his dying cat | date=2010-05-03}}</ref> | |||
In June 2013 - Fashion designer [[Karl Lagerfeld]] announced that he wished to marry his cat [[Choupette (cat)|Choupette]]. He said in an interview with [[CNN]], "There is no marriage, yet, for human beings and animals… I never thought that I would fall in love like this with a cat."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/karl-lagerfeld-says-he-wants-to-get-married-to-his-cat-8640689.html|title=Karl Lagerfeld says he wants to get married... to his cat|work=[[The Independent]]|date=1 June 2013|accessdate=7 October 2013}}</ref> | |||
===Cow=== | ===Cow=== | ||
In June 2010, an [[Indonesia]]n man was forced to marry his cow after he was found having sex with it. The man had believed the cow to be a beautiful woman.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/archive/bali-teenager-passes-out-marrying-cow-he-had-sex-with/|title= Bali Teenager Passes Out Marrying Cow He Had Sex With |date=12 June 2010|work=[[Jakarta Globe]]|accessdate=7 October 2013}}</ref> He then became a widower when the cow was drowned in the sea to symbolically cleanse the village of the act of [[bestiality]] committed there.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://metro.co.uk/2010/06/14/man-forced-to-marry-cow-faints-at-wedding-387781/|title=Man forced to marry cow faints at wedding|date=14 June 2010|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)]]|accessdate=7 October 2013}}</ref> | |||
===Dog=== | ===Dog=== | ||
In June 2003, a nine year old [[India]]n girl of the [[Santal]] (or 'Santhal') tribe of [[Khanyhan]], near [[Calcutta]] was formally married to a dog, in order to ward off a bad [[omen]]. The wedding was attended by more than one hundred guests, who danced to the beating of drums and drank home-made liquor. The girl told [[Western world|Western]] press, "I have no regret in marrying the dog. I will take care of this dog who was stray and survived on left-overs", tribal elders added she was free to remarry a human in future as an adult.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3004930.stm | work=BBC News | title=Girl weds dog to break 'evil spell' | date=2003-06-19}}</ref> | |||
In November 2007 a man in southern India married a female dog in a traditional Hindu ceremony as an attempt to atone for stoning two other dogs to death – an act he believes cursed him. Selvakumar, 33, told the paper he had been suffering since he stoned two dogs to death and hung their bodies from a tree 15 years prior.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21768663/ Man in India marries dog as atonement - World news - Weird news - Animal weirdness - msnbc.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> | |||
In February 2009 an infant boy was married off to his neighbors' dog in eastern India by villagers who said it will stop the groom from being killed by wild animals. The boy will still be able to marry a human bride in the future without filing for divorce.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29259293/ Indian boy marries dog to ward off tigers - World news - Weird news - msnbc.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> | |||
In December 2010 an [[Australia|Australian]] man married his best friend, a five-year-old [[Labrador]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.newser.com/story/106664/australian-guy-marries-his-dog.html | work=Newser | title=Australian Guy Marries His Dog | date=2010-12-06}}</ref> | |||
The marriage was non-exclusive. Cindy was the father of all of the dolphins born in the area,<ref name="Ynetnews">[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3264387,00.html Dolphin married to British Jew dies] [[Ynetnews]], [[June 18]], [[2006]]</ref> and Tendler kept open the option of "marrying human", but was strictly a "one dolphin woman".<ref name=TheAge2/> As Cindy is normally a woman's name, it has been mistakenly stated that the marriage was a [[same-sex marriage]].<ref name="OReilly">[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,180673,00.html "''Talking Points: The Most Ridiculous Item of the Day''"] By ''[[Bill O'Reilly (commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]]'', ''[[Fox News Channel|Fox News]]'', [[January 6]], [[2006]]</ref> After three weeks of poor health, Cindy died on [[June 18]], [[2006]], less than a year after the marriage. He was [[Burial at sea|buried at sea]]. <ref name=Ynetnews/> | In February 2011 a [[Ghana|Ghanian]] women Emily Mabou, 29, married the 18-month-old dog, the ceremony was attended by a traditional priest and local villagers.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=202316 | work=Ghana Web | title=Woman Marries Dog In Ghana | date=2011-01-11}}</ref> | ||
===Dolphin=== | |||
In January 2006, British woman Sharon Tendler in Israel married Cindy, a [[male]] [[bottle-nosed dolphin]]. Cindy was taken in 1990 from the [[Black Sea]] to the Dolphin Reef [[dolphinarium]] in [[Eilat, Israel]], in the [[Gulf of Aqaba]]. <ref>[http://www.dolphinreef.co.il/Default.aspx?tabid=27 Dolphin Reef website]</ref> There, he was seen by [[United Kingdom|British]] woman Sharon Tendler during a show. Tendler continued visiting for 15 years before she requested permission for the "wedding" in [[2005]].<ref name="TheAge">[http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/woman-weds-dolphin/2005/12/30/1135732715098.html Woman weds dolphin] [[The Age]] [[December 30]], [[2005]].</ref> Permission was granted and the ceremony was held on [[December 28]] of that year. It began with the 41-year-old Tendler walking down the dock in a white silk dress and a pink [[tiara]] towards the water where 30-year-old Cindy was waiting.<ref name="Anova">[http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1664667.html Woman marries Dolphin] [[Anova]]</ref> She kissed him and fed him fish, and at the end of the ceremony was thrown into the water.<ref name=TheAge/> Tendler stated that "the peace and tranquility under water, and his love, would calm me down,"<ref name=TheAge/> and that she loved him.<ref name=TheAge2/> Tendler herself admitted that the marriage had no legal standing<ref name="TheAge2">[http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/woman-marries-dolphin/2006/01/01/1136050339590.html Woman marries dolphin] ''[[The Age]]'', [[January 2]], [[2006]]</ref> and that the ceremony was, in her own words, "a bit of fun" after her friends joked about her being single at the age of 41.<ref name="IlfordRecorder">[http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/content/redbridge/recorder/news/story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=newsIlford&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsilford&itemid=WeED05%20Jan%202006%2012%3A19%3A50%3A420 Fishy tale of woman who 'wed' dolphin] Ilford Recorder, [[January 5]], [[2006]]</ref> The marriage was non-exclusive. Cindy was the father of all of the dolphins born in the area,<ref name="Ynetnews">[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3264387,00.html Dolphin married to British Jew dies] [[Ynetnews]], [[June 18]], [[2006]]</ref> and Tendler kept open the option of "marrying human", but was strictly a "one dolphin woman".<ref name=TheAge2/> As Cindy is normally a woman's name, it has been mistakenly stated that the marriage was a [[same-sex marriage]].<ref name="OReilly">[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,180673,00.html "''Talking Points: The Most Ridiculous Item of the Day''"] By ''[[Bill O'Reilly (commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]]'', ''[[Fox News Channel|Fox News]]'', [[January 6]], [[2006]]</ref> After three weeks of poor health, Cindy died on [[June 18]], [[2006]], less than a year after the marriage. He was [[Burial at sea|buried at sea]]. <ref name=Ynetnews/> | |||
===Goat=== | ===Goat=== | ||
{{Main|Sudanese goat marriage incident}} | {{Main|Sudanese goat marriage incident}} | ||
In February 2006 a [[Sudan]]ese man named Charles Tombe caught having sex with a neighbour's [[goat]] which was subsequently nicknamed [[Rose (goat)|Rose]], was ordered by the council of [[Elder (administrative title)|elder]]s to pay the neighbour a [[dowry]] of 15,000 Sudanese dinars ($75) and marry the animal.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4748292.stm | work=BBC News | title=Sudan man forced to 'marry' goat | date=2006-02-24 | accessdate=2010-05-04}}</ref> | |||
===Horse=== | ===Horse=== | ||
In May 1998 the ''[[The Jerry Springer Show]]'' had an episode titled "I Married a Horse!". The show was ultimately not aired by many stations on the planned date, apparently due to concerns about the acceptability of broadcasting an episode in which a man admitted to a long term emotional and sexual relationship of this kind. The man and his horse later participated in a British documentary on the subject.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cincypost.com/living/1998/spring052198.html|title=Springer's latest: 'I Married a Horse'|work=[[The Cincinnati Post]]|publisher=[[E. W. Scripps Company]]|date=1998-05-21|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20040406093707/http://www.cincypost.com/living/1998/spring052198.html|archivedate=2004-04-06}}</ref> | |||
===Snake=== | ===Snake=== | ||
In June 2006 an [[India]]n woman from [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Orissa]], fell in love with a snake and was married to it at a "traditional Hindu wedding celebrated by 2,000 guests".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-06-02/india/27825949_1_snake-orissa-woman-marriage|title=Orissa woman marries snake|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=2 June 2006|accessdate=8 October 2013}}</ref> She claimed that a bond of understanding existed between the two. The woman had previously been ill, and recovered upon offering milk to the snake, at which time she fell in love. She later "converted to the animal-loving vegetarian [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnav]] sect whose local elders gave her permission to marry the [[cobra]].".<ref>{{cite news|title=Charmed woman marries snake !|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM11/Charmed-woman-marries-snake/Article1-104879.aspx|accessdate=13 October 2012|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=June 2, 2006|agency=Agence France-Presse|location=Bhubaneswar}}</ref> A 2007 investigation by ''[[Harper's]]'' magazine journalist [[Mischa Berlinski]] suggested that the snake may not even have existed, and that the incident may have been stage-managed as part of a local power struggle between Vaishnav religious leaders.<ref>Mischa Berlinski, "Woman marries snake: A peculiar Indian love story", ''Harper's'', Nov. 2007, pp 41–52.</ref> | |||
==Folklore, myth, and popular culture== | ==Folklore, myth, and popular culture== | ||
A [[Culture of China|Chinese]] folktale, sometimes known as ''The Silkworm'', tells how [[silk]] originated following the King's daughter spiritually marrying a horse, in completion of a promise made in times of trouble. In the tale, the princess was reborn as a [[silkworm]], a creature whose appearance and mannerisms superficially were said to resemble that of a horse. (From Chonsol Ttara Samch'olli, retold by Heinz Insu Fenkl) <ref>[http://www.worldoftales.com/Asian_folktales/Chinese_Folktale_36.html The Girl with the Horse's Head or the Silkworm Goddess]</ref> | |||
A [[Cheyenne]] myth "The Girl Who Married a Dog", states that the group of seven stars known as the [[Pleiades]] originated from seven puppies which a Cheyenne chief's daughter gave birth to after mysteriously being visited by a dog in human form to whom she vowed "Wherever you go, I go".<ref>[http://www.native-languages.org/cheyennestory3.htm The Girl Who Married A Dog]</ref> | |||
In some parts of [[Celt]]ic [[Ireland]], sudan (often called "sacred kings") had to wed the local [[goddess]] of the land. A [[druid]]ess was usually chosen to represent the land goddess as the king's wife, but one mythological king in [[Donegal]] is said to have married a horse, a representative of their local [[goddess]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.thinkquest.org/C0116903/society/classes.htm|title= Celtic Social Classes |publisher=Roots of the Ancients|accessdate=7 October 2013}}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 11:17, 8 October 2013
Human–animal marriage is not recognized in law by any country, although attempts by humans to marry animals have been recorded.
Historical cases
Cat
In May 2010, a German married his cat when he was told by his vet that the animal would soon die.[1]
In June 2013 - Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld announced that he wished to marry his cat Choupette. He said in an interview with CNN, "There is no marriage, yet, for human beings and animals… I never thought that I would fall in love like this with a cat."[2]
Cow
In June 2010, an Indonesian man was forced to marry his cow after he was found having sex with it. The man had believed the cow to be a beautiful woman.[3] He then became a widower when the cow was drowned in the sea to symbolically cleanse the village of the act of bestiality committed there.[4]
Dog
In June 2003, a nine year old Indian girl of the Santal (or 'Santhal') tribe of Khanyhan, near Calcutta was formally married to a dog, in order to ward off a bad omen. The wedding was attended by more than one hundred guests, who danced to the beating of drums and drank home-made liquor. The girl told Western press, "I have no regret in marrying the dog. I will take care of this dog who was stray and survived on left-overs", tribal elders added she was free to remarry a human in future as an adult.[5]
In November 2007 a man in southern India married a female dog in a traditional Hindu ceremony as an attempt to atone for stoning two other dogs to death – an act he believes cursed him. Selvakumar, 33, told the paper he had been suffering since he stoned two dogs to death and hung their bodies from a tree 15 years prior.[6]
In February 2009 an infant boy was married off to his neighbors' dog in eastern India by villagers who said it will stop the groom from being killed by wild animals. The boy will still be able to marry a human bride in the future without filing for divorce.[7]
In December 2010 an Australian man married his best friend, a five-year-old Labrador.[8]
In February 2011 a Ghanian women Emily Mabou, 29, married the 18-month-old dog, the ceremony was attended by a traditional priest and local villagers.[9]
Dolphin
In January 2006, British woman Sharon Tendler in Israel married Cindy, a male bottle-nosed dolphin. Cindy was taken in 1990 from the Black Sea to the Dolphin Reef dolphinarium in Eilat, Israel, in the Gulf of Aqaba. [10] There, he was seen by British woman Sharon Tendler during a show. Tendler continued visiting for 15 years before she requested permission for the "wedding" in 2005.[11] Permission was granted and the ceremony was held on December 28 of that year. It began with the 41-year-old Tendler walking down the dock in a white silk dress and a pink tiara towards the water where 30-year-old Cindy was waiting.[12] She kissed him and fed him fish, and at the end of the ceremony was thrown into the water.[11] Tendler stated that "the peace and tranquility under water, and his love, would calm me down,"[11] and that she loved him.[13] Tendler herself admitted that the marriage had no legal standing[13] and that the ceremony was, in her own words, "a bit of fun" after her friends joked about her being single at the age of 41.[14] The marriage was non-exclusive. Cindy was the father of all of the dolphins born in the area,[15] and Tendler kept open the option of "marrying human", but was strictly a "one dolphin woman".[13] As Cindy is normally a woman's name, it has been mistakenly stated that the marriage was a same-sex marriage.[16] After three weeks of poor health, Cindy died on June 18, 2006, less than a year after the marriage. He was buried at sea. [15]
Goat
In February 2006 a Sudanese man named Charles Tombe caught having sex with a neighbour's goat which was subsequently nicknamed Rose, was ordered by the council of elders to pay the neighbour a dowry of 15,000 Sudanese dinars ($75) and marry the animal.[17]
Horse
In May 1998 the The Jerry Springer Show had an episode titled "I Married a Horse!". The show was ultimately not aired by many stations on the planned date, apparently due to concerns about the acceptability of broadcasting an episode in which a man admitted to a long term emotional and sexual relationship of this kind. The man and his horse later participated in a British documentary on the subject.[18]
Snake
In June 2006 an Indian woman from Bhubaneswar, Orissa, fell in love with a snake and was married to it at a "traditional Hindu wedding celebrated by 2,000 guests".[19] She claimed that a bond of understanding existed between the two. The woman had previously been ill, and recovered upon offering milk to the snake, at which time she fell in love. She later "converted to the animal-loving vegetarian Vaishnav sect whose local elders gave her permission to marry the cobra.".[20] A 2007 investigation by Harper's magazine journalist Mischa Berlinski suggested that the snake may not even have existed, and that the incident may have been stage-managed as part of a local power struggle between Vaishnav religious leaders.[21]
Folklore, myth, and popular culture
A Chinese folktale, sometimes known as The Silkworm, tells how silk originated following the King's daughter spiritually marrying a horse, in completion of a promise made in times of trouble. In the tale, the princess was reborn as a silkworm, a creature whose appearance and mannerisms superficially were said to resemble that of a horse. (From Chonsol Ttara Samch'olli, retold by Heinz Insu Fenkl) [22]
A Cheyenne myth "The Girl Who Married a Dog", states that the group of seven stars known as the Pleiades originated from seven puppies which a Cheyenne chief's daughter gave birth to after mysteriously being visited by a dog in human form to whom she vowed "Wherever you go, I go".[23]
In some parts of Celtic Ireland, sudan (often called "sacred kings") had to wed the local goddess of the land. A druidess was usually chosen to represent the land goddess as the king's wife, but one mythological king in Donegal is said to have married a horse, a representative of their local goddess.[24]
See also
References
- ↑ "German man 'marries' his dying cat". BBC. 2010-05-03.
- ↑ "Karl Lagerfeld says he wants to get married... to his cat". The Independent. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ↑ "Bali Teenager Passes Out Marrying Cow He Had Sex With". Jakarta Globe. 12 June 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ↑ "Man forced to marry cow faints at wedding". Metro (British newspaper). 14 June 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ↑ "Girl weds dog to break 'evil spell'". BBC News. 2003-06-19.
- ↑ Man in India marries dog as atonement - World news - Weird news - Animal weirdness - msnbc.com
- ↑ Indian boy marries dog to ward off tigers - World news - Weird news - msnbc.com
- ↑ "Australian Guy Marries His Dog". Newser. 2010-12-06.
- ↑ "Woman Marries Dog In Ghana". Ghana Web. 2011-01-11.
- ↑ Dolphin Reef website
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Woman weds dolphin The Age December 30, 2005.
- ↑ Woman marries Dolphin Anova
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Woman marries dolphin The Age, January 2, 2006
- ↑ Fishy tale of woman who 'wed' dolphin Ilford Recorder, January 5, 2006
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Dolphin married to British Jew dies Ynetnews, June 18, 2006
- ↑ "Talking Points: The Most Ridiculous Item of the Day" By Bill O'Reilly, Fox News, January 6, 2006
- ↑ "Sudan man forced to 'marry' goat". BBC News. 2006-02-24. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
- ↑ "Springer's latest: 'I Married a Horse'". The Cincinnati Post. E. W. Scripps Company. 1998-05-21. Archived from the original on 2004-04-06.
- ↑ "Orissa woman marries snake". The Times of India. 2 June 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ↑ "Charmed woman marries snake !". Hindustan Times. Bhubaneswar. Agence France-Presse. June 2, 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ↑ Mischa Berlinski, "Woman marries snake: A peculiar Indian love story", Harper's, Nov. 2007, pp 41–52.
- ↑ The Girl with the Horse's Head or the Silkworm Goddess
- ↑ The Girl Who Married A Dog
- ↑ "Celtic Social Classes". Roots of the Ancients. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
External links
- A Cheyenne Legend First People – The Legends
- The Girl Who Married a Dog (Cheyenne)
