Rabelais en pantoufles, moufles et guedoufles Objets quotidiens, objets sibyllins

"What harm is there is always learning something, even from a sot, a pot, a guédoufle, a moufle [mitten], or a pantoufle [slipper]?" This question leads Rabelais to reflect on the paradoxical knowledge which arises from prosaic objects. After discussing the logic of this strange series of objects and examining its components in relation to the language and to Rabelais' corpus, this article demonstrates the profound coherence of guédoufle and pantoufle for the Sybil of Panzoust. The Divine Bottle may tremble, but domestic objects have not said their last word.