tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570718375010661810.post3730501883041188964..comments2024-03-15T18:01:26.787-05:00Comments on Melvilliana: Elijah Burritt on the constellation Delphinus, The Dolphin; also known as Job's CoffinScott Norsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458190971293597545noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570718375010661810.post-41562751599438216002014-08-19T21:56:43.028-05:002014-08-19T21:56:43.028-05:00Job's Coffin is a great find and so obvious. I...Job's Coffin is a great find and so obvious. Ishmael riding a coffin is akin to a boy or man riding a dolphin---emblems of salvation.<br /><br /> Are there any pictorial representations of Job's Coffin? Richard Hinckley Allen in Star Names published in 1899 then recognized the popularity of Job's Coffin. When did Job's Coffin come into existence? And why? And why did it fade?<br /><br /> If one accepts the celestial equator as the surface of the "sea,"---the "sea" being the celestial Southern Hemisphere, then Delphinus or Job's Coffin rides atop the sea, since the constellation is just north of the celestial equator.<br /><br /> It may prove important to know when the constellation, Job's Coffin, became reality. How far can this be traced back? Is this sailor lore? And what is so important about his coffin?<br /> Superb!!!<br /><br />John GretchkoJohn Gretchkonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570718375010661810.post-24161312644877456282014-07-23T19:42:09.377-05:002014-07-23T19:42:09.377-05:00Thanks for the link. Hope to hear this tune somewh...Thanks for the link. Hope to hear this tune somewhere. I'm still not sure what Job's coffin means. Well I get how the box or lozenge shape in the star cluster = coffin, but why Job's?Scott Norsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00458190971293597545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570718375010661810.post-2119821892726901702014-07-23T19:15:07.717-05:002014-07-23T19:15:07.717-05:00Fantastic stuff. I see there is also a folk song:
...Fantastic stuff. I see there is also a folk song:<br />http://www.vwml.org/record/RoudFS/S313080<br />Robert J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12937384579138400443noreply@blogger.com