Gribshund=krokodil?
Postat: 29 augusti 2015, 11:11
Jag läste i dagens tidning att gribshund är ett gammalt medeltida skandinaviskt ord för krokodil. Är det någon som vet om det stämmer?
http://skandinavisktarkeologiforum.org/
http://skandinavisktarkeologiforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=300
http://combatarchaeology.org/gribshunden-significance-and-preliminary-investigations/ skrev:The sculpture has, in fact, a rather dog-like appearance, wherefore it has been referred to Gribshunden itself. Gribshunden can literally be interpreted as “Griffin-Hound” but it is also possible that the name refers to a specific dog breed. In particular, in a letter dated May 16 1486, King John writes “In navi nostra Griffone” (Barfod 1990: 81). “In…Griffone” would imply nominative “griffo” which linguistically can be considered as an alternate form of “gryps” or “gryphus” (griffin) (A. Ijäs 2015, pers. comm., 27 June). While this may offer an explanation to the absence of a beak on the sculpture, it should be noted that the unidentifiable feature protruding from the mouth of the beast might well be a bird’s head (fig. 7). Griffin-Hound or not, the beast is a fear-provoking sculpture. It stands in stark contrast to the delicate line and angle symmetry revered in the Renaissance and is instead rather reminiscent of Gothic art in all its earthly complexity and mythic absurdity.