Animal Symbolism

Animal: Alligator

Sacred to: Cipactli, the Aztec Earth Mother

Symbolizes: agression, survival, adaptability

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Animal: Antelope

Sacred to: Dedoun, Saraddevi and Vayu (see Oryx)

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Animal: Apes

Sacred to: Isis, Mahakapi the Great Ape, Mbotumbo, Nephthys, Osiris and Thoth.

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Animal: Baboon

Sacred to: Amaunet, Amu, Babi, Hapy, Hauhet, Heh, He Zur, Kauket, Khonsu, Naunet, Nun and Thoth.

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Animal: Badgers

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Notes: Badgers feet and eyes are supposed to confer invinsibilty. Putting powdered Badgers foor or eyes in someones food was supposed to make them love you.

Animal: Bat

Sacred to: Alcithoe, Arsippe, Camazatz, Fuhsing and Shang Kuo-Lao. Vampire Bats are sacred to Ikal Ahau

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Notes: is the guardian of night, associated with Halloween. Bats are cnsidered good luck in China, where they symbolize happiness.

Animal: Bear

Sacred to: Andarts, Arcas, Artemis Brauronia, Arthgen, King Arthur, Artio, Artogenus and Calliso (Queen of Bears), Corn Spirits, Mary of the Bears, Mercury Artaios, Rhpisunt (the Bear Mother) and Ursula (Little Bear)

She-Bears are sacred to Artemis, Artemis Callisto (the She-Bear), The Great Mother and Ersel(She Bear).

Black Bears are sacred to Wachabe. The grizzly bear symbolizes motherhood.

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Notes: The bears is both a Celtic and Native American totem beast. Its direction is West, in the Zuni tradition. Bears symbolize kingship, power, mother-cunning and gentle strengh. The bear paw (or its image, for Wiccans) is used to magikally for power, direction and connection to The Creator.

Animal: Beaver

Sacred to: Castor, Great Beaver and Wishpoosh.

Symbolizes: Taurus

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Notes: The beaver is a Native American totem animal and symbolizes building, contruction and work ethic.

Animal: Bison

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Notes:corresponds to both the planet and the element of the earth.

Animal: Buffalo

Sacred to: Mahish, Oya and Yama

Symbolizes: Prayer, sacredness, plently and a harmoniuos relationship with Earth.

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Notes: The buffalo is a sacred Native American totem animal, builder of life, provider of sustenance and bestower of curing powers. The White Buffalo Woman or Ptesan-wi, is a Plains Indian Earth-mysteries goddess who taught the seven ceramonies and introduced the sacred pipe to the people.

Animal: Camel

Sacred to: Arsu and Azizos (Arabian Gods)

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Animal: Cats

Sacred to: Artemis, Cat Annis, Cerridwen, Demeter, Diana, Irusan, Mafdet, the Moon Goddess, Neith, Pasht, Ra as the Great Cat of Heliopolis, Sekhmet (the Great Cat), Tefnut and Tjilpa. They are also sacred to corn spirits as Corn Cat, Le Chat de Peau de Balle, and Tom Cat. Male cats are sacred to Mau, Ra and Shu. Gray cats are sacred to Freyja, civet cats to Lady Civet Cat.

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Notes: Cats are the animals that most associated with being a witches’ familiar. They correspond to the Moon and can see spirits and walk thru magic circles without breaking them. All cats were held sacred in Egypt, where the great cat goddess, Bast, was also worshiped as Ubastet, Little Cat.

Animal: Cattle

Sacred to: Cattle: Ajyst (Siberian goddess), Apedemak (Sudanese god), corn spirits, Shumuqan (Mesopotamian god), the Slavic gods Veles and Volos and Vohu Manah (Zoroastrian god). Cattle are sacred to the Moon deities Aine and Knockaine (Irish goddess) and the Mesopotamian gods Nannar and Sin.

Bulls: Adad, An (the Bull of Heaven), Anu, Astarte, Asterius (the Minotaur), Atum, Ball, Damuzi, Dionysus, El, The Goddess, The Great Goddess, Indra, Ishkur,Jupiter, Marduk (Bull Calf of the Sun), Mars, Mithras, NannaOsiris (Bull of the Underworld, Perun, Poseidon, Prisni, Ptah, Ra, Rudra, Serapis, Shiva, Sin, Soma, Suen, Tammuz, Teshub, Vishnu and Zagreus. Wild Bulls: Damuzi, Dionysus, Hercules and Mithras.

Cows: Aditi, Al Uzzah, Anath, Anath, Antum, ashtaroth,, Cerridwen, Damona (Divine Cow), Diana, Gauri, Hathor, Hera, Inanna, Indra (Lord of the Cows), Io, Juno, Krishna, Ninhursag, Ninsûna, Nut, Prisni, Rhea, Tellus Mater, Ushas (Mother of Cows) and Vacca. They are sacred to corn spirits as Barley Cow, Oats Cow and Thresher Cow. Wild Cows anre sacred to Ninsûna (Lady of the Wild Cows).

White bulls: Baal Zephon, Menu, Min Mithras and Mnevis.

Calves: Atabryius, Atik (Calf of El) and Sharruma (Calf of Teshub) . They are also sacred to corn spirits as Corn Calf and Muhkalbchen.

Symbolizes: Cows represent fertily, the Planet Earth and the element earth. Cows also symbolize the sky since ancient times, so sky goggesses can be considered "Cosmic Cows"

Bulls represent the the Earth, Moon and the element earth. Their astologial sign is Taurus.

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Notes: Cattle god/desses include Gues Urvani (Persian gods), Sakkan (Mesopotamian god), Vista-Kuvu, Cattleyard Lady (Russian), Ynakhsyt (Siberian goddess).

The Bull is a Celtic totam beast, used magically for fertility and and virilty. In Mythologybull gods are the consort of the Divine Cow and Bull Calf of the Mother. New Year is the station on the Wheel of the Year.

Bulls blood, regarded as having potent magickal powers in ancient times, was used for divination and to feed the ghosts of the heroes. Druids were wrapped in the hide of a freshly killed bull for their seership ritual. White bulls, which correspond to the Moon were particulary used for sacrificres in ancient times. Initiates into the cultof Mithras were placed under a grating over which a white bull was sacrificed, drenching them in his blood.

The cow is a sacred animal of Hinduism. It corresponds to fertility, the planet Earth and the element earth.

Cows also symbolize the sky since ancient times, so sky goddesses can be considered "Cosmic Cows". The Egyptian Book of the Dead mentions Seven Holy Cows: Het-Kau Nebtertcher, Akertkhentetasts, Khebitetsahneter, Urmertusteshershenti, Khnemtemankhanuit, sekhmetrensemabats, Shenatpetuthestneter, and their Bull, Kathaihememt.

Animal: Chameleon

Sacred to: African god Leza

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Animal: Conch

Sacred to: Gandha Tara, Krishna, Tecciztecatl (the Conch Shell Lord) and the Tritons.

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Notes: The conchs’ shell normally twist leftward, so shells that twist to the right have an occult value. Conch shells are sacred to Aphrodite. A conch shell is an attribute to Vishnu; a conch called Panchjanya is one of Krishna’s attributes. In India, the conch shell is a symbol of victory in battle.

Animal: Cougar

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Symbolizes: power, balance, speed, courage and leadership.

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Animal: Cowrie

Sacred to: West African vegitation god Soului and the Afro-Caribbean/Brazilian goddess Yemoja/Yamaya

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Notes: Cowrie are a symbol of the Afro-Caribbean/Brazilian goddess Yemoja/Yamaya

Animal: Coyote

Sacred to: Coyote, Itapals, Mahih-Nah-Tlehey (Changing Coyote), Olle, all trickster gods and Ueuecoyotl.

Symbolizes: Duality, humor, insight, sacrcasm, playfullness and the abilty to see both sides of an issue.

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Notes: The coyote is a trickster and corresponds to the planet mercury.

Animal: Crab

Sacred to: Nzambi and Toko’yoto

Symbolizes: the dreamworld

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Notes: Cancer is their astrological house.

Animal: Crocodile

Sacred to: Hao, Itzam Na, Khentekhai, Nuga, Nyakaya, Osiris, Set and Sobek (the Rager)

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Notes: Water is the crocodiles element. The left eyetooth of a crocodile was a charm against fever.

Animal: Deer

Sacred to: Artemis, corn spirits, Diana Nemorensis (Diana of the Grove), Harinaiga,eshin, Nemesis, Tate Kyewimoka and Takkeitsertock.

White tailed deer are sacred to Mara Kwari and Tatosi.

Does are sacred to Taygete.

Bucks are sacred to Sudrem.

Roebuck are sacred to Apollo and correspond to the number 7 and their meaning is "hide the secret" (secret name of the god).

Stags and sacred to Apollo and his sister Artemis, Cerunnos, the Great Goddess, Hercules, Hern the Hunter, Learchus, Lÿ-hsing, Merlin, Red Robin Hood and Silvanus.

Symbolizes: love, gentleness, sensitivity, kindness, gracefulness, purity of purpose and walking in the light. In China, Deer Horns symbolize potency. White Hart symbolizes the soul.

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Notes: In China, Deer Horns symbolize potency. Powdered hart’s horn was considered an aphrodisiac in ancient Europe. It was used with cows gall as a charm for infertile women. The stag is a Celtic totem beast that corresponds to the planet and element earth.

Animal: Dog

Sacred to: Asclepias, Anubis (Guardian of the Dogs), Ares, Cuchulainn (Hound of Ulster), Dharma, Garm (Hell-Hound), Ishat (Bitch of the Gods), Mars, Sarma (Heavely Bitch), Sucellos, Wepwawet and Xoltl.

White dogs/bitches: cornspirits

Greyhound: Beba, Herisepef and Mates.

Symbolizes: loyalty and the future.

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Notes: The dog is a Chinese Zodiac animal whose planet is the moon and whose stat is Sirius. Dogs correspond to healing. Their poetic meaning is guard the secret. It was believed that dogs howled before a death because they could see the Angel of Death at work. Carrying a dogs heart on your left side was said to prevent dogs from barking at you.

Romans sacrificed red puppies to the corn spirits, to whom dogs are sacred as Peas Pug, Potato Dog, Rye Dog and Wheat Dog. White dog with red ears are considered especially sacred and magickal. It was believed in Britain that the sound of unseen geese passing overhead was made by the Hounds of Hell, the white dogs with red ears who conducted the souls of the damned and un-baptized babies toe an icy underworld. The Hounds of Hell were also called Yeth Hounds. Yeth Hounds, Wish Hounds, Gabriel Hounds, Gabriel Ratchets and in Wales, Cwn Annwn. A shaggy black dog may be the Barguest, a hideous spirit in disguise. Barguest leads a procession of howling dogs through the street when someone prominent dies.

Animal: Donkey

Sacred to: Dionysus, Lisina, the ass to corn spirits, Cronus, Jyestha, Pan, Seth, Shang Kuo-Lao, Egyptian Saturnalia and Silenus.

Wild asses: Dionysus and the ass earsed Egyptian god Set/Seth/Typhon.

Mules: Mullo, Sipe Gialmo and Vasantadevi.

Symbolizes: Mules symbolize infertilty.

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Notes: Asses were considered impure by Orphics. They are connected with Holly, Saturnalia and the Christmas Fool.

Animal: Eels

Sacred to: Riiki, the Suijin and Te Tuna (Phallus)

Reef Eels: Pusiraura

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Notes: Eels were hald in taboo by ancient Hebrews.

Animal: Elephant

Sacred to: Airavata, Bera-Pennu, Dadimunda, Devata Bandara, Gajana, Ganapati, Ganesh, Lakshmi, Mahaganapati, Parvati, and Tarri-Pennu.

The African Elephant is sacred to Apedemak and Mombo Wa Ndhlopfu.

Symbolizes: greatness, wisdom, power, strength, life span, patience and memory.

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Notes: Buddhist hold elephants sacred and Hinus consider tehm to be rain charms. A white elephant with six tusks symbolizes the power of wisdom to overcome obstructions.

Animal: Elk

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Symbolizes: strength, power, nobility, freedom and agility.

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Animal: Fish

Sacred to: ocean gods, like Dylan, Posiedon, Tethra (Lord of the Sea Cattle), the Tritons and to the love goddesses Aprodite the Fish, Atargatis/Derceto, Dea Syria and Venus. They are also sacred to Ea, Enki, Dagon, Hatmehyt (Whe Who Leads the Fishes), Hermes, Jesus, Varuna, Vatea and Vishnu.

Culltlefish: Aphrodite, Fe’e the Polyneaian death god

Perch are sacred to the Egyptian goddess Neith.

Salmon: Anaulikutsaix, who overseas the salmon run, to Fintan and to Tsa’qamae, god of the salmon migration.

Sharks: Chac Aayab Xoc (the Great Demon Shark), Matuko Tago Tago and Tumu-I-Te-Toka (the Great Shark).

Jellyfish: Medusa, who was transformed into a Grogon with snakes for hair as punishment for making love to Posiedon in Athene’s Temple.

Octopus: Cretan goddess

Scallops: Aphrodite and Margarito (Lady of the Pearls)

Sea Urchins: Aphrodite

Squid: Hydra and the Goddess

Symbolizes: knowledge, freedom and death.

Salmon: knowledge instinct, determination and persistance. Salmon in a pool symbolizes philosohical retirement.

Sharks: survival and adaptabilty

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Notes: Fish are believed to be talismans against drwoning. Pices is their astroligical house, winter their season. Pairs of fish are good omens, symbolizing life, birth, fertility, fecundity and prosperity. Sturgeon fish (one of thhree royal fish of ancient Britian) were considered an aphrodesiac in acnient Greece along with tunny and periwincles. All three fish are sacred to Aphrodite. Scallops were considered an aphrodeiac in ancient Greece. Seashorses can be called upon for confidence.

Animal: Fox

Sacred to: Corn spirits, Demeter and Raynard the Fox.

Symbolizes: cunning, inteligence, twilight and female magick.

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Notes: The fox is a prophetic animal that corresponds to the planet Mercury. The hu hsien, Chinese Fox Spirits, are powerful, shape shifting air, water and earth elementals who can pass through solid matter. The fox is regarded as a supernatural animal in Japan.

Vixens corresond to the Moon.

Animal: Frog

Sacred to: Ah Hayaob (Great Frog), Heket, Hers, Nun and Tlatecuhtli.

Symbolizes: transformation, rebirth, teeming life

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Notes: Frogs correspond to the water element. The frog was a symbol of resurrection for both Christians and the ancient Egyptians. A frog amulet is used to invoke the power of the frog-headed Egyptian goddess, Heket.

A doves heart and a frogs head, dried, powdered and sprinkled on the breast of a sleeping woman was believed to make her confess all her actions. The powder had to be removed once she awoke to prevent delirium. A frog, fed to a dog in meat, was a charm to silence it.

Animal: Gazelle

Sacred to: Anuket, Anukis, Mrgasirag and Rashep

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Animal: Goat

Sacred to: Aj, Amalthea, Aphroditeof the Goats, Artemis, Athene, Azazel, Baal-Gad, Blodeuwedd, Chimearus, Dionysus, fauns, Faunus, Freyja, the Goddess, Holda, Juno Caprotina (Juno of the Goats) Nabu, Olwen, Goat Pan, Satyrs and Silvanus. They are sacred to corn spirits as Corn Goat, Harvest Goat, Horned Goat, Oats Goat, Rye Goat, Straw Goat and Wheat Goat.

Wild Goats: Disani

Kids: Dionysus Eriphos

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Notes: "The lust of the goat is the bounty of God" according to William Blake in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (Pg. 32). Capricorn is the goats astoligical house, summer and waning year its seasons. Goats correspond to sex magick and sexual virility.Rubbing his genitals with the tallow of a male goat before having sex with his wife was a charm for a man to regain her love and keep her from other men. Feta Cheese can also be used for goat magick. The Orphic Cup, drunk at dawn, contained honey and goats milk.

Goats are able to see winds. In some Afro-Caribbean magickal traditions, it is believed that burning a goats horn in alcohol averts enemies and negativity of all kinds. The goat stag was the Greek counterpart of the Druids immortal white hart or hind. It symbolizes the resurrection and the hope of immortality.

Animal: Hare

Sacred to: Great Hare, Manibozho (Great Hare), Michabo (Great Hare) and Ostara.

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Notes: The hare is a associated with witchcraft in the Celtic religion. A hare was the totem animal of Boadicca, a red-haired warrior-queen of the Celts. Hares were held in taboo in ancient Britain, where the taboo on hunting them was suspended on May Eve. Autumn is the hare’s station on the Wheel of the Year. The brown hare was believed to confer invisibility. It was held taboo by ancient Hebrews.

Animal: Hedgehog

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Notes: Pixies sometimes take the form of hedgehogs.

Animal: Hippopotamus

Sacred to: Hathor, Ipet, Reret, Set, Ta-Weret and Thoueris

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Animal: Horse

Sacred to: Horses are sacred to many Celtic goddesses: Badb Catha, Epona, Eriu, Etain, Macha, ,Maeve, Medb, Modrun, Nemain, Rhiannon and Rigantona. They are also sacred to Artemis, Astarte, Athene Hippia, Belenus, Bellerophon, Freyr, The Great Goddess, Hippodameia, (Horse-tamer)Hippolyte (Queen of the Amazons)Minerva, Neptune (Patron of horse races), Pegasus and Poseidon Hippios (Lord of Horses). They are sacred to corn spirits and Corn Foal and Corn Horse.

Bay Horse: Xanthus

Piebald: Balis

White horses: Agnaippe (the Mare Who Destroys Mercifully), Demeter, Epona, Melanippe (Black Mare), Nicippe (Victorius Mare), and Rhiannon.

Red mares: Aine of Knockaine

White mares: Leucippe (White Mare) Rhiannon and Rigantona.

Symbolizes: strenghth, stamina, power, love, devotion, loyalty, sacred kingship.

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Notes: The horse is a Chinese zodiac animal that corresponds to the Moon. When their hooves strike sparks, horses correspond to the element of fire. Call upon the horse for fertility and coping with difficult circumstances. The horse is a Celtic totem beast, symbol of energy, power and fertility. Horses were held sacred by the Trojans, and were the clan totem of the Centaurs of Magnesia. Horsehair has magickal properties. A mares tooth placed on the head was a charm against frenzied madness.

Animal: Hyrax

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Symbolizes: Triple Goddess

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Animal: Iguana

Sacred to: Chibirias and Itzam Na (Iguana House)

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Animal: Jackal

Sacred to: Annubis, Duamutef, Shmashana-Kali and Wepwawet.

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Notes: The jackal corresponds to the planet Mercury.

Animal: Jaguar

Sacred to: Ai Apaec, The Balam, Jaguar, Oka, Sinaa and Tepeyollotl.

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Notes: Jaguars element is earth and it is used for power.

Animal: Leopard

Sacred to: Aphrodite

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Animal: Lion

Sacred to: Anaitis, Anatha, Artemis (A Lion Unto Women), Atum, Cybele, David, Durga, The Goddess, Hathor, Khnemu (Govenor of Lions), Llew Llaw Gyffes (the Lion with the Steady Hand) Narasimba, Ninhursaga, Paravati, Samson, Sekhmet, Smyrna, Tefnut, Ti-Jean Pierto, Urana, Vishnu.

Lioness: Al Uzzah, Astarte, Mekhit, Mut, Nyavirezi, Pakhet (She Who Scratches) and Shesmetet.

Mountain lions: Rhea

Symbolizes: royalty, power, courage, boldness, protection, invincibility and strength.

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Notes: The lion is the prime solar beast. Its planet is the Sun, its element is fire and Leo its astrological house. Spring and summer are the seasons of the lion. Lions eyes were believed to confer invincibility. Lion was the fourth level of initiated into the cult into Mithras. Ancient Egyptians decorated their beds with lions to guard them while they slept. The lions of the Eastern and Western Horizons enabled them to sleep and rise again as the Sun did. Mountain lions were a clan totem of the Centaurs of Magnesia.

Animal: Lizard

Sacred to: Abas, Atum, Atzamna (Lizard House), Re Atum, Saurus and Tate Rapawiyema

Monitor

Symbolizes: agility and conservation

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Notes: The night goddess Evaki stole sleep from the eyes of the lizards and gave it to all living creatures. Lizards can be called upon fpr dreams.

Animal: Lynx

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Notes: Venus is the lynx’s planet, autumnits season. The lynx is sacred to love goddesses Lug, Mafdet and Toa’lalit.

Animal: Mole

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Notes: According to Pliny, the Magi looked upon the mole with more awe than any other living creature. Mole corredpond to the planet earth and can be called upon for Earth Magick.

Animal: Mongoose

Sacred to: Atum and Ningilin

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Notes: The ichneumon mongoose was called the pharaoh’s cat in ancient Egypt, where it was revered because it destroyed crocodile eggs.

Animal: Monkey

Sacred to: Hanuman, The Lares, Sun Hou-Shi and Sun Wo Kong

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Notes: The Monkey is a Chinese zodiac animal, symbol of cleverness and curiosity.

Animal: Moose

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Symbolizes: integrity, value and being headstong

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Animal: Mouse

Sacred to: corn spirits and Apollo Smitheus. They were held sacred in ancient Philistis, Knossos and Phocis

Symbolizes: pestilence and are sometimes associated with fairies.

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Notes: Mice were kept in the temples of Apollo as charms against plague and rats.

Animal: Opposum

Sacred to: Tatevali (Our Grandfather)

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Animal: Otter

Sacred to: the Native American goddess, Otter Woman

Symbolizes: grace, laughter, empathy, curiousity, mischeviousness and female power.

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Animal: Oryx

Sacred to: Set and Oya

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Notes: Oryx horns were once sold as unicorn horns.

Animal: Owl

Sacred to: Athena

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Embodies: Feminine Wisdom and Intellect

Animal: Ox

Sacred to: Artemis. Athene, The Divine Husbandmen, Epona, Gozutenno, Osiris and Minerva.

Calves: cornspirits

Red Oxen: Seth (the Red God)

Wild Oxen: Buanna and Rimn

Symbolizes: srength, stabilty

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Notes: The Ox is a Chinese zodiac animal. Its season is winter and symolizes strentgh and stabilty. Oxen were one of the diplomatic offerings made to Osiris.

Animal: Panther

Sacred to: Agassou, Dionysus, Du-Shara, Mafdet, Muso Koroni, Set and Sharruma.

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Animal: Porcupine

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Notes: Porcupine quills are charms againt the evil eye.

Animal: Puma

Sacred to: Cit Chac Coh, Tateevali and Tepeyollotl.

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Animal: Rabbit

Sacred to: corn spirits, Inaba, Kaltesh, Master Rabbit, Mexith, Rabbit and Wenet.

White Rabbits: Chinese goddess Chang-O, Queen of the Moon.

Symbolizes: alertness, procrestion and nervousness.

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Notes: The rabbit is a Chinese zodiac animal that corresponds to the Moon. Rabbits are sensitive to the evil eye abd are sometimes associated with fairies. Rabbits’ movements were once used as a means of divination.

Animal: Rat

Sacred to: Rats and bandicoots are sacred to Ganesha

Symbolizes: impending wealth

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Notes: The Rat is a Chinese zodiac animal

Animal: Reindeer

Sacred to: the Siberian god Picvu’cin who guards them

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Animal: Sheep

Sacred to: corn spirits, Pan and the Mesopetimian sheep goddess Sirtur.

Big Horn: Ganaskidi

Ewes: Arne, Duttur, Khebieso and Seret.

Lambs: Amnisian nymps, Jesus (the Lamb of God) and Mariamne (the Sea Lamb).

Rams: Agni, Ammon, Ba, Ball-Hammon, Benadad, Beneb-Djedet, Jupiter, Kherty, Khnum, Lugh, Mendes, Ninali, Osiris, Poseidon, Shango, Sore-Gus, Surya, Varuna, Xewioso and Zeus.

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Notes: Sheep are a Chinese zodiac animal and a male symbol. Imbolc for Celts, was a feast that marked the lactation for ewes. The Ram is a Celtic totem beast whose planet is the Sun. Spring and the waxing year are its seasons. Aries is its astrological house.

Animal: Squirrel

Sacred to: Ratatösk

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Animal: Swine

Sacred to: Romano-Celtic god Moccus and to the Egyptian god Set.

Pigs: Adoni, Alphito, Banda, Bladud, Cerdo, Cerridwen, Corn Spirits, death goddesses, Demeter, the Goddess, the Goffess of Life, Death and Healing, Hades, love and death goddesses, Marcia, Moccus, the Moon Goddess, Nangalha, the Old White One, Orcus, Osiris, Perephone, Phorcys, Prospertine and Set.

Boars: Arduinna, Camulos, Freja, Freyr, the Goddesss, Nut, Orcus, Phorcys, Rudra (Ruddy Divine Boar), Twrch Trwyth, Varaha the Boar and Vishnu

Rye Boar: Corn Spirits:

Wild Boars: Ares and Set

Black Boars: Set

Sows: Cerridwen the Sow, Choere, Demeter, the Morrigan, the Goddess in her Crone Aspect, Marpessa, Phorcis, Sukarasya, Syr, and Vajra Varahi, the Daimond Sow. Corn Spirits as Barley Sow, Corn Sow and Rye Sow.

Hogs: Kamapu.

Symbolizes: death, destiny fertilty, the underworld, immortality and transforming powers.

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Notes: Swine are psychopomps, connected with death and the underworld. The Moon is thier planet. Pigs are a Chinese zodiac animal. Pigs are able to see winds. Arkan Sonney, also called Lucky Piggies and Manx faries who bring good luck if caught.

Pigs were held in taboo in acient Britain. Eating pork was taboo in ancient Egypt, except at the closest Full Moon to Winter Soltice, when pigs were sacrificed to Isis and Osiris. Egyptians only ate pork during the midwinter mysteries. Caananites broke thier taboo on eating pork for hte midwinter Boar Head Feats. Pork is still taboo to Jew and Muslims.

The boar is a beast of death, a warrior that symolizes wealth, courage and warrior strength. To Celts the boar was a totem beast and magickal animal whose flesh they considered potent magick. Boars are associated with Yule. Their bristles are charms for strength and pawer.

Animal: Tiger

Sacred to: Hindu goddess Durga,

Symbolizes: yang; the feminine principle

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Notes: The tiger is a Chinese zodiac animal. The use of tiger part in Chinese medicaine is contributing to the animals extinction. White tigers are a female symbol. The Chinese believe that the tiger provides protection and assign them the following correspondences:

Color: white

Direction: West

Season: Autumn

Element: water, metal

Body: lungs

Planet: Earth

Animal: Weasel

Sacred to: Galanthis, Demeter in her prophetic aspect.

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Notes: The weasel is a prophetic animal. Thessalonian withches and said to have disguised themselves as weasels.

Animal: Wolf

Sacred to: Acca Laurentia, Apollo Lykeios, Atemis, Cerridwen, Fabula, Faula, Fenrir, Garm, Harpalyce, Lupa (the She-Wolf), Lupercus, Lycomedes, Lycus, Marsum, Mars, the Moon Goddess, the Triple Goddess and Wepwawet. They are sacred to the corn spirits as Barley Wolf, Carn Wolf, Oats Wolf, PeaWolf, Potato Wolf, Rye Wolf, Wheat Wolf.

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Notes: The wolf is both a Celtic and North American totem beast. Wolf is a teacher and Pathfinder in the Native American religion and was associated witht the oak cult in Eurpope. Wolves correspond to the Moon and to the star Sirius, East is thier direction in the Zuni tradition. The wolf symolizes stability, thought, loyalty, success, perseverence and the past. Wolf prints symbolize tracting and movement.

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