Re: Earliest documented use of designation 'cormorant'???????
Posted by Joe Santana On 2019/5/12 13:34:00
Yes, we've been through this before, but the fact is, it's a pelican.
From the Catholic education resource center "The symbolism of the mother pelican feeding her little baby pelicans is rooted in an ancient legend which preceded Christianity. The legend was that in time of famine, the mother pelican wounded herself, striking her breast with the beak to feed her young with her blood to prevent starvation. Another version of the legend was that the mother fed her dying young with her blood to revive them from death, but in turn lost her own life.
Given this tradition, one can easily see why the early Christians adapted it to symbolize our Lord, Jesus Christ."
I know most images and cartoons of pelicans show them with a geezer neck, and that cormorants have seemingly longer neck like the hood ornament; but the attached illustration shows how the design of the hood ornament is clearly derived from a pelican. The cormorant simply doesn't have the symbolism.
Joe has spoken. (And I'd never call the Goddess of Speed a donut chaser, or pusher for that matter, any more than I'd call San Francisco 'Frisco or the Washington Monument the pencil building.)
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From the Catholic education resource center "The symbolism of the mother pelican feeding her little baby pelicans is rooted in an ancient legend which preceded Christianity. The legend was that in time of famine, the mother pelican wounded herself, striking her breast with the beak to feed her young with her blood to prevent starvation. Another version of the legend was that the mother fed her dying young with her blood to revive them from death, but in turn lost her own life.
Given this tradition, one can easily see why the early Christians adapted it to symbolize our Lord, Jesus Christ."
I know most images and cartoons of pelicans show them with a geezer neck, and that cormorants have seemingly longer neck like the hood ornament; but the attached illustration shows how the design of the hood ornament is clearly derived from a pelican. The cormorant simply doesn't have the symbolism.
Joe has spoken. (And I'd never call the Goddess of Speed a donut chaser, or pusher for that matter, any more than I'd call San Francisco 'Frisco or the Washington Monument the pencil building.)
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