Dolphins in Mythology
Dolphins appear in a number of Greek myths, invariably as helpers of humankind. Dolphins also seem to have been important to the Minoans, judging by artistic evidence from the ruined palace at Knossos.
A dolphin rescued the poet Arion from drowning and carried him safe to land, at Cape Taenarum, now Cape Matapan, a promontory forming the southernmost point of the Peloponnesus. There was a temple to Poseidon and a statue of Arion riding the dolphin. (Herodotus I.23; Thucydides I.128, 133; Pausanias iii.25, 4)
The Greeks reimagined the Phoenician god Melqart as Melikertes (Melicertes) and made him the son of Athamas and Ino. He drowned but was transfigured as the marine deity Palaemon, while his mother became Leucothea. (cf Ino.) At Corinth, he was so closely connected with the cult of Poseidon that the Isthmian Games, originally instituted in Poseidon's honor, came to be looked upon as the funeral games of Melicertes.
Phalanthus was another legendary character brought safely to shore (in Italy) on the back of a dolphin, according to Pausanias.
Many seals and coins show a man or boy riding a dolphin.
Dionysus was once captured by Etruscan pirates who mistook him for a wealthy prince they could ransom. After the ship set sail Dionysus invoked his divine powers, causing vines to overgrow the ship where the mast and sails had been. He turned the oars into serpents, so terrifying the sailors that they jumped overboard, but Dionysus took pity on them and transformed them into dolphins so that they would spend their lives providing help for those in need.
Dolphins were also the messengers of Poseidon, Greek god of the sea, and sometimes did errands for him as well.
Dolphins were sacred to both Aphrodite and Apollo.
In Hindu mythology the Ganges River Dolphin is associated with Ganga, the deity of the Ganges river. The dolphin is said to be among the creatures which heralded the goddess' descent from the heavens and her mount, the Makara, is sometimes depicted as a dolphin.
The Boto dolphins in the Amazon River are shapeshifters, or encantados, who are capable of having children with human women.
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Dolphins are an increasingly popular choice of animal-assisted therapy for psychological problems and developmental disabilities. For example, a 2007 study with 30 participants found it was an effective treatment for mild to moderate depression. However, this study was criticized on several grounds; for example, it is not known whether dolphins are more effective than common pets. Reviews of this and other published dolphin-assisted therapy (DAT) studies have found important methodological flaws and have concluded that there is no compelling scientific evidence that DAT is a legitimate therapy or that it affords any more than fleeting improvements in mood.
Still, claims have been made about magical healing power of dolphins. Encounters are frequently described as exhilarating and inspiring, perhaps part of their "magic". Dolphins often show a fondness for young children. Sometimes when a child enters a pool dolphins, they are immediately surrounded by attentive females. Working with dolphins has had positive results with autistic children and others with 'special needs'. The research continues.
I have spiritual friends who live in Hawaii and swim with dolphins every day. A relationship between human and dolphin is created. My friends report a telepathic ability to communicate with dolphins who return to them on a regular basis. They can call to the dolphins, whether on land and or at sea. This is done telepathically or with tones they establish between themselves and the dolphins.
My friend Paul has lived in Hawaii for the past 25 years, where he studies healing and metaphysics. Each day he goes to the ocean and swims with the dolphins, who he believes speak to him. Through the years, their size and patterns have changed, intuitively telling Paul that great change is about to happen not only where he lives on the Big Island, but everywhere on the planet. Other friends who work and swim with dolphins, also pick up messages from them of great cataclysmic changes taking place and accelerating.
Years ago, channelers allegedly brought messages through dolphins, also about Earth changes. Some say dolphin frequency, connect Earth's oceans with Jupiter's moon, Io. They believe alien life forms travel back and forth to planet Earth from Io. While here they take on the persona of dolphins and use their energies and harmonic tones to heal and balance the planet. This is also linked to theories of aliens who visit here and take on human or animal forms to heal and help the planet move into its next stage of evolution.
Dolphins have a strong metaphysical link to our planet in that they are part of the sea, the oceans, the primordial waters that we associate with the collective flow of consciousness or the source of creation, that which creates the illusions of reality through which we virtually experience. According to mythology, they walked on the land at one time, then they went back in to the sea.
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