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- One version of the myth about the barnacle (Branta leucopsis) and brant (Branta bernicla) geese is that these geese emerge fully-formed from goose barnacles (Cirripedia). There are other myths about how the barnacle goose breeds. The basis of all the myths is that the bird, Branta leucopsis, emerges and grows from matter other than bird eggs. There are many sources to the myth. The etymology of the term "barnacle" suggests Latin, Old English and French roots. There are few references in pre-Christian books and manuscripts – some Roman or Greek. The main vector for the myth into modern times was monastic manuscripts and in particular the Bestiary. The myth owes its long standing popularity to an early ignorance of the migration patterns of geese. Early medieval discussions of the nature of living organisms were often based on myths or genuine ignorance of what is now known about phenomena such as bird migration. It was not until the late 19th century that bird migration research showed that such geese migrate northwards to nest and breed in Greenland or northern Scandinavia. An early, but not the first reference to the myth of the barnacle goose, is in the eleventh century Exeter Book of Riddles. The riddle NUMBER 10, is asked as follows: " ........My nose was in a tight spot, and I beneath the water,underflowed by the flood, sunk deepinto the ocean-waves, and in the sea grewcovered with waves from above, my bodytouching a floating piece of wood.I had living spirit, when I came out of the embraceof water and wood in a black garment,some of my trappings were white,then the air lifted me, living, up,wind from the water, then carried me farover the seal’s bath. Say what I am called....." To which the anticipated answer was: The Barnacle Goose. (en)
- Uma versão do mito dos gansos-percebe ou da árvore dos gansos, sobre o ganso de faces brancas (Branta leucopsis) e os gansos de faces negras (Branta bernicla) é que esses gansos nascem inteiramente de percebes ou cracas (Cirripedia). Existem outros mitos e lendas sobre como os gansos se reproduzem; a base de todas elas é que a ave emerge e cresce a partir de matéria diferente dos ovos das aves. (pt)
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