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Swan image

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I'm pretty sure the image of "a 'pelican' wounding its breast to feed its chicks" under the Christianity section is actually a Swan with white doves alongside it. Unless I'm partially blind, that doesn't look like a Pelican at all. 2803:C180:2602:D638:16DE:39FF:FEBF:BE9D (talk) 07:49, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The pelican wounding itself to feed its young is a common medieval Christian and esoteric symbol, the problem is, many artists had probably never seen a pelican before. So I agree it doesn't look like a pelican, but it's intended to be one. Pyrrho the Skipper (talk) 14:23, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]