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[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 37 points 1 year ago

Jokes aside, what's this image supposed to represent? Did the child actually get eaten alive in whatever story this is from?

[-] janAkali@lemmy.one 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I guess it is a depiction of a miracle of resurrection. It could be saint Nicholas or similar to this story:

One story tells how during a terrible famine, a malicious butcher lured three little children into his house, where he killed them, placing their remains in a barrel to cure, planning to sell them off as ham. Nicholas, visiting the region to care for the hungry, saw through the butcher's lies and resurrected the pickled children by making the sign of the cross.

[-] ophy@lemmy.nz 29 points 1 year ago

pickled children

Well there's a phrase I didn't expect to hear, well, ever

[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

That's what I will call anything pickled now.

[-] Rubanski@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

"pickle me, Elmo!" were the children's last words

[-] Finite@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Elves are pickled children?

[-] curiousaur@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

What book is that from?

[-] janAkali@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wikipedia cites this one: Ferguson, George (1976) [1954], "St. Nicholas of Myra or Bari", Signs and Symbols in Christian Art, Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, pp. 135–136

You can "borrow" this version for free: https://archive.org/details/signssymbolsinch0000unse/ The story is at page 81. But there're no more details, just the same short paragraph.