Stag
Stag signifies solar renewal, virility, royalty, medicine, and divine guidance, often opposing the serpent as spirit over matter or light over darkness.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 3 figures (2 are this, 1 carries it)
- Traditions
- European folklore (general) (1)Norse mythology (1)
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is, or is partly, this thing. Bears: it carries the thing or is marked by it. What a figure does is filed under motifs and powers. Open "why" for the sentence the judgement rests on.
- Eikþyrnir is Norse mythology
why
In Norse mythology, Eikthyrnir is a stag residing atop Valhalla.
- Peryton is
why
Ancient tales depict this creature as a stag with the shadow of a man and bird-like features.
- Parandrus bears European folklore (general)
why
The Parandrus is a beast of the medieval bestiaries, ox-sized with a stag's antlers and a bear's shaggy coat, which escapes hunters by taking on the colour of whatever it stands among.