From Today's Irish Times - a very interesting and multi-layered metaphor.
"According to the Irish legend, St Brendan alighted from a boat constructed from animal hides somewhere in the mid-Atlantic and cooked a meal on Jasconius’s back, mistaking the enormous creature for a tiny island.
Most historians presume this story to be a metaphor for survival in the face of adversity."
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0219/1224241417698.html
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