Dolphin pendant on wax cor.

In the Mediterranean, they traditionally attached particular importance to the dolphin, by his intelligence, by his man was committed. He was a symbol of speed and security. He was regarded as the savior of shipwrecked. The Greek singer Arion was brought after a shipwreck by a dolphin on land. The god Apollo took the shape of a dolphin in order to transport people to Crete where they could build a temple for him. By Etruscans (or Etruscans) were the dolphins who carried the souls of the deceased to the afterlife across the sea. In Christian art Christ is sometimes represented as a dolphin. The dolphin was also regarded as the king of fish. In the French language was named heir to the throne 'Dauphin' (= dolphin); They also conducted a dolphin in their arms. Was there a book 'ad usum dauphini' (= 'for use of the Crown Prince'), it meant that the content was cleaned and purified of all sins, so that the text could come to face the crown prince.

 
Dolphin