BIBLIOTHECA BESTIARIUM #5 - DE ASPIDOCHELONE
BIBLIOTHECA BESTIARIUM #5 - DE ASPIDOCHELONE
The idea of the BIBLIOTHECA BESTIARIUM is based on the medieval animal poems of the Physilogus, in which animals were given human characteristics. These tales were mostly inspired by the Christian doctrine of salvation and have survived to this day in figures of the unicorn or the griffin.
I asked the machine about the Bestiary, and this is what it gave me......
The whale has two characteristics: A. When it is hungry, it opens its mouth and lets out an odour with which it attracts the small fish to devour them. But the big fish do not follow him. Thus the devil tempts men through sin, but he cannot touch the perfect. (In another interpretation this is also interpreted of the love of bad women). B. When he comes with his back to the surface of the sea and remains calm, passing mariners take him for an island; they anchor their ship, get out on him, and light a fire to cook themselves a meal; but as soon as he feels the heat, he plunges with them into the depths of the sea. This is also an image of the devil, who sinks the one who relies on him into the abyss of hell
