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The disciples, not Jesus, were the "fishers of men." EDITED. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 09/02/2011 10:08:24 PM
(New Testament, Book 1:17)

That... that is not how one references the Bible. :P

I assume you are referring to Mark 1:17, where Jesus says to Simon and Andrew "Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men." (NASB). That's a very tenuous link.

This link has a lot of information as to biblical references to Jesus' identification with fish: http://www.mazzaroth.com/ChapterSix/FishersOfMen.htm. Further, in the book, "High History of the Holy Grail", the Fisher King is actually called 'Messios'.

That link is horrific. The zodiac has nothing to do with Christianity, and didn't even exist in its current form until Ptolemy reformed it two centuries after Christ died.

The connection between the Fisher King and Jesus/the Messiah inspired a large part of the Grail legends, and those legends are connected to the Arthurian mythos.

There are a lot of reasons Jesus used fish, and there are a lot of connections between ??????? and ?????. But they aren't the ones you listed. Many of them are societal, and many are linguistic. If you want a decent site, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icthys has actual scholarship supporting its claims.

The reason the Fisher King is called the Fisher King is because, being crippled, all he could do is fish. If you want to show a connection to me, you're going to need to show much more proof than that. :P
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Rand is the Great Serpent entyti - 08/02/2011 04:21:32 AM 1612 Views
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there once was a man from nantucket? *NM* nigelgoboom - 08/02/2011 07:18:47 AM 412 Views
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But that has always been the case. I am astounded that it isn't recognized more often... Shannow - 08/02/2011 03:58:24 PM 835 Views
This. There's a reason one of his archetypes is the Fisher King. *NM* Ghavrel - 08/02/2011 07:00:05 PM 451 Views
The issue is that the Fisher King story is about the Land, not the People RugbyPlayingAshaman - 08/02/2011 08:02:24 PM 759 Views
A good example Kieran - 08/02/2011 08:27:44 PM 786 Views
None of this is contradicted by what I have posited entyti - 08/02/2011 09:16:48 PM 708 Views
But the chess analogy is what I'm seeing - the Dragon is necessary in degree not in total. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/02/2011 02:42:15 PM 815 Views
Yes, those are the rules in chess... entyti - 10/02/2011 05:34:25 AM 726 Views
The Fisher King is not a messianic myth. Ghavrel - 08/02/2011 10:07:44 PM 829 Views
Fisher King title and legends are connected to the Messianic mythos RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/02/2011 09:47:14 PM 975 Views
The disciples, not Jesus, were the "fishers of men." EDITED. Ghavrel - 09/02/2011 10:08:24 PM 671 Views
Yeah, you're right about the fish - I was reaching (and typed too fast to think) RugbyPlayingAshaman - 10/02/2011 05:30:29 PM 627 Views
Re: But that has always been the case. I am astounded that it isn't recognized more often... fionwe1987 - 09/02/2011 07:47:14 AM 720 Views
You two are like a married couple without the benefit of the makeup sex. Ghavrel - 09/02/2011 09:30:10 AM 869 Views
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Huh? No. You are so off it's not even funny. Velveti - 09/02/2011 03:16:05 AM 912 Views
Looks like somebody hasn't read The Gathering Storm. Ghavrel - 09/02/2011 06:17:55 AM 784 Views
Re: Looks like somebody hasn't read The Gathering Storm. Velveti - 09/02/2011 06:20:21 AM 765 Views
Atop Dragonmount, for one... fionwe1987 - 09/02/2011 07:36:56 AM 809 Views
I'm exhausted, so I may be misremembering. Ghavrel - 09/02/2011 09:27:18 AM 764 Views
That was Tam. Gher - 09/02/2011 05:09:45 PM 808 Views
That is a key difference. Japhy - 09/02/2011 06:38:24 PM 641 Views
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Not at all! fionwe1987 - 10/02/2011 02:58:39 AM 702 Views
You sound like Ishamael RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/02/2011 02:38:52 PM 749 Views
Re: You sound like Ishamael Velveti - 09/02/2011 03:17:58 PM 740 Views
I'm definitely not confusing this with the real world roflmao RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/02/2011 03:54:04 PM 832 Views
Re: I'm definitely not confusing this with the real world roflmao Velveti - 09/02/2011 06:10:01 PM 830 Views
Seems to me that you're confused. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/02/2011 08:27:06 PM 615 Views
Seems to me that YOU'RE confused. Velveti - 10/02/2011 02:09:41 AM 799 Views
You might actually want to read what people wrote. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 10/02/2011 03:13:52 PM 688 Views
The amount of elitism on this board would be depressing if it weren't so damned funny. Ghavrel - 09/02/2011 09:18:13 PM 703 Views
What depresses me... entyti - 09/02/2011 11:23:13 PM 659 Views
I, personally, like it. It makes sense for the Dragon to be an incarnation of the Serpent. Ghavrel - 09/02/2011 11:39:28 PM 759 Views
I didn't mean to hijack it - other replies did RugbyPlayingAshaman - 10/02/2011 02:51:35 PM 723 Views
It is of little consequence entyti - 10/02/2011 05:36:40 PM 700 Views
Relax homeboy. It was a joke. *NM* Velveti - 10/02/2011 02:07:55 AM 427 Views
I guess the DO just has "Serpent Envy?" *NM* newyorkersedai - 12/02/2011 01:13:40 PM 330 Views
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