medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Thanks for the suggestion. It certainly turns up a lot of things from
other realities, too.
DW
Maureen A. Tilley wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> Diana Wright wrote:
>
> Did the Medievals have an association between dolphins & the Last
> Judgement? I have an odd 15thC image.
> Medievals inherited from antiquity the image of dolphins as
> psychopomps, those who lead/carry souls from this world to the next.
> Putting the words 'dolphin' and 'psychopomp' into a general search
> engine results in numerous references for antiquity, Christian and
> not. Because of this connection, dolphins appeared in funerary
> contexts. That, I think, would be the connection with the Last Judgment.
>
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