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The ocean is a such a special treasure. It may have created cherished memories for your loved one as a kid, vacationing, recreational reasons or they just loved to be near water. For anyone with those types of connections, a burial at sea can be a beautiful way to memorialize a loved one. While scattering cremations is the most common way to celebrate the life of a loved one lost, there are other options.
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Quote often cited at sea burials:
“The sea is the largest cemetery, and its slumbers sleep without a monument. All other graveyards show symbols of distinction between great and small, rich and poor: but in the ocean cemetery, the king, the clown, the prince and the peasant are alike, undistinguishable.”
George Bruce, 1884, St Andrews
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In many cultures, dolphins are associated with the afterlife and the transition between life and death:
- In Roman literature: Dolphins are said to carry souls to the “Islands of the Blest”.
- In the Black Sea: Images of dolphins in the hands of the dead are thought to ensure safe passage to the afterlife.
- In Hawaiian mythology: Dolphins are sacred creatures that connect the living and the divine. They are said to save fishermen and transform into humans to communicate messages from the spirit world.
- In Indian tradition: Dolphins are deified and elevated to heaven as a constellation that housed the old polestar Thuban in its tail.
- In Greek culture: Dolphins were regarded as sacred guardians and sea travelers. In one myth, Poseidon sent the king of the dolphins, Delphinus, to bring him the nymph Amphitrite.
- In the Bible: The dolphin has long been symbolic of Christ.
Dolphins are also associated with the processes of life, death, and rebirth. This may be linked to their ability to pass between the air-breathing world of humans and the underwater world, which for Greek sailors was associated with the kingdom of the dead.
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Reference:Google.comMan & Marine Mammals – Dolphins In Ancient Mythology – PBSIn many sculptures from the East, the dolphin is associated with Atargatis, the mother goddess, goddess of vegetation, nourisher o…PBS
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The Mythical Attraction of Greek Dolphins – WorkingAbroadApr 12, 2021 — In one myth, Poseidon (the sea god) sent the king of the dolphins, Delphinus, to bring him a beautiful nymph called Am…WorkingAbroad
- Interpretation of Dolphin Imagery – Rhodes Sites Dolphins are an interesting symbol due to their dynamic symbolism in ancient Greek culture. Some accounts claim the… Rhodes College
- In Roman literature: Dolphins are said to carry souls to the “Islands of the Blest”.