Plague of Locusts: Difference between revisions

 

The devastation of crops are a major factor in famines and human migrations as well as outbreaks of disease, to the point that locusts themselves are considered harbingers, if not carriers, of actual plagues. In fiction and literature, this connection has led to them being portrayed or symbolized as [[Walking Wasteland]]s, almost always including making the insects inherently poisonous themselves. Funnily enough, locusts themselves have been used as a source of food - "bald locusts" are listed among acceptable food for Israelites as far back as [[The Bible/Source/Leviticus|the Book of Leviticus 11:22]]; in the [[New Testament]], Matthew 3:4 and and Mark 1:6 assert that John the Baptist ate locusts and wild honey during his stay in the wilderness; and many modern cultures across Africa, West Asia and East Asia consider locust a delicacy.

 

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