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THE WHALE INITIALLY SYMBOLIZED THE POWER OF THE COSMIC WATERS; only later did it acquire negative connotations, representing the jaws and belly of Hell, Jonah, when swallowed by the whale, emerges three days later, symbolizing rebirth through spiritual conversion. (page 89)
THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF SYMBOLS by David Fontana
C1993 Duncan Baird Publishers
Chronicle Books - San Francisco
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