ID: 901002041 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002041	Record Type: Allegory/Symbolism/Theme

	Pelican feeding her young (Christian allegory)

Note: A pelican sheds its blood to revive its young, an allegory for God saving humankind through the sacrifice of Christ. The symbolism of the mother pelican feeding baby pelicans is rooted in pre-Christian folklore, which maintained that in time of famine, the mother pelican struck her own breast with her beak to cause bleeding, to thus feed her young.

Names:

	Pelican feeding her young (Christian allegory) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Christian iconography> (P)
		........<Christian allegory, symbolism, theme> (P)
		............<Themes surrounding Jesus Christ> (I)
		................Pelican feeding her young (Christian allegory) (I)

Related Iconography:

	allegory for .... Jesus Christ
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian characters, Jesus Christ (Christian character)) [901000087]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... allegory (artistic device)
	.....(symbolism (artistic concept), artistic devices, artistic concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	actor is .... pelican (genus)
	.....(Pelecanidae (family), Pelecaniformes (order), Aves (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	topic is .... feeding
	.....(personal and passive activities, physical activities by specific context, physical activities, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Pelican feeding her young (Christian allegory)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)