About Church ships
Votive ship models: ships hanging in churches.
Always gifts, typically from wealthy ship owners, or from crews surviving a wreck.
The church room is traditionally seen as a ship, as is evident in the English word nave and the Norwegian skip.
In Christianity, the ship journey is a metaphor for (pre-death) life, ending in a safe haven in heaven. The ship as a vehicle to get to the 'other side' is known from the river Styx, Norse pagan burial rites and Tolkien's Elves embarking from the Gray Havens
The ship has had a similar role in Nordic culture as the northbound train had in the Blues.
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