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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>
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>


In June 2006 an [[India]]n woman from [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Orissa]], fell in love with a snake and was married to them 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, "[http://harpers.org/archive/2007/11/woman-marries-snake/3/ Woman marries snake: A peculiar Indian love story]", ''Harper's'', Nov. 2007, pp 41–52.</ref>
In June 2006 an [[India]]n woman from [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Orissa]], fell in love with a snake and was married to him 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, "[http://harpers.org/archive/2007/11/woman-marries-snake/3/ 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==

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Human–animal marriage is not recognized in law by any country, although attempts to marry animals have been recorded.

Notable cases

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.[1]

In January 2004, a woman known as "The Mad Cat Lady" married both her tabby twin boys Lugosi and Spider via MarryYourPet.com, from whom she then received an (unofficial) certificate of marriage. She and her cats have since been featured in various newspaper articles including The Sun[2] and Metro.[3] She told "I realised no human had ever or could ever make me feel as happy and loved as them."[3]

In January 2006, British woman Sharon Tendler in Israel married Cindy, a male bottlenose dolphin. Cindy was taken in 1990 from the Black Sea to the Dolphin Reef dolphinarium in Eilat, Israel, in the Gulf of Aqaba.[4] There, Tendler saw him during a show. She continued visiting for 15 years before she requested permission for the "wedding" in 2005.[5] Permission was granted and the ceremony was held on December 28 of that year.[6] Tendler stated that "the peace and tranquility under water, and his love, would calm me down,"[5] and that she loved him.[7] Tendler herself admitted that the marriage had no legal standing[7] 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.[8] The marriage was non-exclusive. Cindy was the father of all of the dolphins born in the sea,[9] and Tendler kept open the option of "marrying human", but was strictly a "one dolphin woman".[7] As Cindy is normally a woman's name, it has been mistakenly stated that the marriage was a same-sex marriage.[10] After three weeks of poor health, Cindy died on June 18, 2006, less than a year after the marriage.[9]

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.[11]

In June 2006 an Indian woman from Bhubaneswar, Orissa, fell in love with a snake and was married to him at a "traditional Hindu wedding celebrated by 2,000 guests".[12] 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.".[13] 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.[14]

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) [15]

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".[16]

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.[17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Girl weds dog to break 'evil spell'". BBC News. 2003-06-19.
  2. ↑ "Holy Catrimony". The Sun. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Woman marries her two cats – and she has the certificate to prove it". Metro. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "The Dolphins". Archived from the original on 9 August 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Woman weds dolphin", The Age, AU, December 30, 2005
  6. ↑ "Woman marries Dolphin", Anova, archived from the original on Jan 1, 2006
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Woman marries dolphin", The Age, AU, January 2, 2006
  8. ↑ "Fishy tale of woman who 'wed' dolphin", Ilford Recorder, January 5, 2006, archived from the original on September 30, 2007
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Dolphin married to British Jew dies", Ynetnews, June 18, 2006
  10. ↑ O'Reilly, William ‘Bill’ (January 6, 2006), "Talking Points: The Most Ridiculous Item of the Day", Fox News
  11. ↑ "Sudan man forced to 'marry' goat". BBC News. 2006-02-24. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  12. ↑ "Orissa woman marries snake". The Times of India. 2 June 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  13. ↑ "Charmed woman marries snake !". Hindustan Times. Bhubaneswar. Agence France-Presse. June 2, 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  14. ↑ Mischa Berlinski, "Woman marries snake: A peculiar Indian love story", Harper's, Nov. 2007, pp 41–52.
  15. ↑ The Girl with the Horse's Head or the Silkworm Goddess
  16. ↑ The Girl Who Married A Dog
  17. ↑ "Celtic Social Classes". Roots of the Ancients. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
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