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What do the three animals(leopard, lion, and wolf) represent in the Inferno of Dante’s Divine Comedy?
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November 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
the leopard (lust), the lion (pride), and the she-wolf (greed
November 16th, 2009 at 4:18 am
The Leopard ["all tremor and low and gaudy pelt"] represents sins of incontinence [lack of personal restraint]
The Lion ["raging with hunger"] represents violence
The She-Wolf ["gaunt and wasted beyond all belief"] represents malice & fraud which Dante considered the worst of the sins
November 16th, 2009 at 4:20 am
Incontinence
violence
fraud