Abstract
Since Antiquity, the motif of the beast that we sacrifice and the skin that we put on has been recurrent in literature, whether we think of the myth of the Golden Fleece, the works of Aesop by Basile, Perrault, La Fontaine and even the Grimm brothers. Like its narrative functions, the powers we attribute to animal skin are multiple: sometimes adornment and trophy, pledge of power and fertility, even immortality, sometimes an agent of a protective metamorphosis, animal skin often acts as an adjuvant. Situated on the border of hybridity, marginality and monstrosity, animal skin is a motif that continues to inspire contemporary fiction. This work aims to question the narrative and symbolic function of the skin or fur we wear, based in particular on the central tale of “Donkey Skin” and its pictorial representations. , both still and animated, as well as the poetic potential of this very particular bestiary. Researchers reflect from different epistemological horizons on the complex question, type reformulations, reconfigurations or modifications the theme may have undergone.