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panurge herd

Francois Rabelais

Phraseologism: Panurge's herd.

Meaning: A crowd blindly obeying someone else's will, dutifully following someone, deprived of the ability and will to think independently (contempt., iron.).

Origin: From the novel "Gargantua and Pantagruel" by the French humanist writer Francois Rabelais (1494-1553). In the 4th book of the novel (ch. 6-8) tells about that. how Panurge sailed on the same ship with a certain merchant Dendeno, who carried with him a batch of sheep. Panurge quarreled with the merchant and decided to annoy him: he bought a leader ram from him and threw him into the sea. Sheep - out of habit to follow their leader everywhere - rushed overboard. Dendeno tried to stop his sheep, but they carried him into the sea. Thus, both the "Panurge's herd" and the offender of Panurge, the merchant Dendeno, perished.

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