Bicorn and Chichevache Explained

Bicorn and Chichevache Bicorn and Chichevache are fabulous beasts that appear in European satirical works of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Bicorn is a creature—part panther, part cow, with a human-like face[1]—that devours kind-hearted and devoted husbands and (because of their abundance) is plump and well fed. Chichevache, on the other hand, devours obedient wives and (because of their scarcity) is thin and starving.

A fake encyclopedic article describes two grotesque mythical beasts: Bicorn, which eats kind-hearted husbands and is therefore fat, and Chichevache, which eats obedient wives and is therefore starving. The joke reverses traditional gender stereotypes by claiming devoted husbands are abundant while obedient wives are rare, presented in the serious style of a Wikipedia article.

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