Judensau
Sign in to saveA Judensau (German for "Jews' sow") is a folk art image of Jews in obscene contact with a large sow (female pig), which in Judaism is an unclean animal. These first appeared in the 13th century in Germany and some other European countries, and remained popular for over 600 years.
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A Judensau (German for "Jews' sow") is a folk art image of Jews in obscene contact with a large sow (female pig), which in Judaism is an unclean animal. These first appeared in the 13th century in Germany and some other European countries, and remained popular for over 600 years.
==Background and images== thumb|left|Woodcut from Staatliche Graphische Sammlung|Kupferstichkabinet, Munich, c. 1470, showing a Judensau. The Jews (identified by the Judenhut) are suckling from a pig and eating its excrement. The banderoles display rhymes mocking the Jews. The Jewish prohibition against eating pork comes from Torah, in the Book of Leviticus Chapter 11, verses 2 through 8. The arrangement of Jews surrounding, suckling, and having intercourse with the animal (sometimes regarded as the devil), is a mockery of Judaism.
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