What do you associate with the boat?
The boat transports in many traditions celestial bodies across the sky – such as the Sun and the Moon – or the dead to the afterworld.
We frequently find drawings in megalithic tombs (towards the end of Prehistory) depicting the voyage towards the Island of the blessed.
In Scandinavians regions, drawings of boats made during the Bronze Age symbolized another reality, the cosmic revolutions. In Egypt, solar boats were placed next to the Great Pyramid of Giza and were believed to transport the sun across the sky during day time, whilst during the night, these boats would shed light in the kingdom of the dead.
In Christianity, the boat retained basically the symbol of journey, of the crossing of life.
Now you take the floor: what do you associate with the boat?
I associate the boat with its appearance and function as a sailing vessel, often as an open one. Often it brings in a bounty of goods, or else it exports materials to other places where they are needed. As well, it transports people and carries messages. It carries with it the prospect of adventure.
On a metaphorical level, my associations with the boat are similar to the literal ones. I often think of phrases that contain the word "boat", one example being "to be in the same boat", or, in other words, the same predicament as someone else. Another expression that comes to mind is "to rock the boat", or to disturb the equilibrium of a situation. The notion of "missing the boat", or an opportunity, is a lingering fear that I harbour. When I think of the boat, I also think of an expression that involves its synonym, "ship". Somehow, the saying that someone's ship is coming in sounds optimistic and comforting.
I associate the boat with related words such as harbour, haven, port, lighthouse, beacon, sail and anchor on both literal and figurative levels.
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