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¿Cristo o diablo?: la contradictoria dualidad simbólica del león en el episodio de Daniel en el foso en la escultura románica
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[spa] El león es un animal al que el hombre le ha atribuido múltiples sen- tidos, en ocasiones contradictorios. Se ha asociado a la imagen de Cristo, así como a la del diablo; a la idea de muerte, pero también a la de Resurrección. En el episodio de Daniel en el foso de los leones en el románico esta poliva- lencia simbólica alcanza su mayor nivel de desarrollo pues, frente a la habitual relación unívoca entre significante y significado, se produce la paradoja de que en una misma escena los leones asumen un significado ambivalente y contra- dictorio al representar al mismo tiempo a Cristo y al diablo. En este estudio se profundiza en esta lectura ambivalente y simultanea, la cual se trata de explicar desde la perspectiva de la lectura tipológica de las Escrituras.
[eng] Men have attributed several meanings to the lion's figure, occasionally contradictory. It has been associated with the images of Christ and the Devil, to the concept of Death, yet also to Resurrection. It is in the Romanesque period when the symbolic versatility of the episode of Daniel in the Lions' Den attains its highest level of development since, departing from the unique relationship between signifier and signified, paradoxically the lion assumes an ambivalent and contradictory meaning, representing at the same time Christ and the Devil. The present study explores this ambivalent and simultaneous interpretation, which can be explained since the typological reading of the Scriptures.
[eng] Men have attributed several meanings to the lion's figure, occasionally contradictory. It has been associated with the images of Christ and the Devil, to the concept of Death, yet also to Resurrection. It is in the Romanesque period when the symbolic versatility of the episode of Daniel in the Lions' Den attains its highest level of development since, departing from the unique relationship between signifier and signified, paradoxically the lion assumes an ambivalent and contradictory meaning, representing at the same time Christ and the Devil. The present study explores this ambivalent and simultaneous interpretation, which can be explained since the typological reading of the Scriptures.
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OLAÑETA MOLINA, Juan Antonio. ¿Cristo o diablo?: la contradictoria dualidad simbólica del león en el episodio de Daniel en el foso en la escultura románica. Brocar. Cuadernos de Investigación Histórica. . 2014. Vol. 38, num. 65-81. ISSN 1885-8309. [consulted: 8 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/166459