Re: Ducks and Souls

>
> I first read about the idea that the duck in Hallstatt art

represents

> the soul or spirit of a person or animal in Claus
> Deleuran's "Illustreret Danmarkshistorie for Folket". The *an-

'pun'

> connection is my idea, in order to explain why this symbol was

chosen

> (or maybe how the duck and goose got their names?).
>

On psychopompous ducks he offers the story of Hansel & Gretel
returning from the witch's house (the island of the dead) being taken
across the water by a duck.

Torsten