Leadership (Agriculture)
The leadership, also known as lacrosse is a stick topped with a metal hook characteristic of being a shepherd.
The curve of the hook and spacing are designed to allow the shepherd to grab a sheep , a ram , a lamb , a goat , a goat or a goat by the hind leg, to administer such care.
The rod allows the shepherd to keep a greater distance from the animal as if it were to seize it by hand. This tool is especially useful for sheep and goats , although familiar, are distrustful and feel the tension that arises when the shepherd as the project of getting an animal from the herd. Excessive stress to the animal can also transform into a genuine exercise bullfight.
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In iconography pastoral , the leadership held a special place, not only because it is part of the iconic image of the shepherd, but also because it is found in the biblical representations in the form of stock of ' Bishop.
"The Lord is my shepherd" (Jn 10.1-18 & 27-30)
"The good shepherd knows his flock and his sheep know him" (Ezekiel 34)
"When I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil: for thou art with me Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. "(Book 19. Psalm 23:4)
Polysemy
The Concise Oxford Dictionary gives the definition for leadership: "Stick shepherd, provided at its end with an iron plate-shaped gutter used to throw clods of earth or stones that move away from the sheep herd. "
This definition is sometimes taken. It seems that the definition with the leadership as the "crutch" is one that best fits the current reality.
It also takes root in a very distant reality, because already the Pharaoh , the day of his coronation, received a crook and a curse. Crook whose image found in the literature and iconography of ancient Egypt is that of "crutch." See also External Links
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