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   XPost: alt.animals.dolphins, alt.animals.whales, alt.folklore   
   XPost: alt.native   
   From: eciton@curiousta/xyz/xonomy.net   
      
   On 5/14/18 12:01 AM, David Dalton wrote:   
   > What stories of dolphins and/or whales do you know of from   
   > folklore, mythology, religion, or oral tradition?   
   >   
   > One well known example is Jonah being swallowed by   
   > a whale in the bible.   
   >   
   > Another example is the shaman riding a dolphin depicted   
   > on the Danish Gundestrup cauldron.   
   >   
   > Another example is a whale’s tail drawing left behind by   
   > the extinct Beothuk people of my home province of   
   > Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.   
      
   The myth of Sedna in Inuit tradition.   
      
   Orpheus, as I recall, was once thrown overboard (for reasons I forgot)   
   and carried to safety by dolphins who liked his music.   
      
   --   
   Mark Isaak          eciton (at) curioustaxonomy (dot) net   
   "I think if we ever reach the point where we think we thoroughly   
   understand who we are and where we come from, we will have failed."   
     - Carl Sagan   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)