medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Bill East <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>[Brendan] certainly discovered the whale
?
i thought that Jonas discovered the whale.
>The story finds its way into the Physiologus,where the whale becomes a symbol
of the Devil
perhaps the interpretation au courrant amongst the Middlevils re the Jonas
story (anyone have the Glossa Ordinarius to hand?).
c
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