The Symbolism of the Pelican
By iuliuxd
@iuliuxd (4453)
Romania
April 5, 2012 4:34pm CST
How many of you know the legend of mother pelican and the connection between that legend and the christian faith ?
The legend is that when there was nothing to eat the mother pelican wounded herself, striking her breast with the beak to feed her babies with her blood and meat.Another version is that the mother pelican was gone to hunt and a snake came and injected venom in her babies.The mother pelican comes back and she will wound herself and use her blood to cure the babies.
The pelican is sometimes painted in eastern and western churches and it appeared on the first page of the old KJV Bible.
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@iuliuxd (4453)
• Romania
5 Apr 12
Hi Samar and thanks for your comment.Yes it seems the early Christians have created or have discovered this legend and associated it with Christ.
The legend also appeared in Hamlet :"To his good friends thus wide I'll open my arms. And, like the kind life-rendering pelican, Repast them with my blood."
@redhotpogo (4401)
• United States
28 May 12
Do you have any kind of evidence to back this claim up? Please post a link if you can.
@redhotpogo (4401)
• United States
29 May 12
ah ok. I see. The symbol of the pelican was used in Christian art to symbolize Jesus.
@redhotpogo (4401)
• United States
28 May 12
Give me the full story and how it is connected to Christians.
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
11 Apr 12
Hi iuliuxd, I seem to vaguely remember hearing something about that story when I was just a boy, or many I read it somewhere. In any case it was a long time ago and I hadn't thought of it in years. It is an interesting story and I can see the connection. Blessings.
