Antelope
The antelope denotes swiftness, lunar and divine power, fierceness, and dangerous strength; its horns and skins also serve as charms, spirit-containers, and medicine emblems.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 3 figures (1 is this, 2 carry it)
- Traditions
- American folklore (1)European folklore (general) (1)Native American folklore (1)
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is a kind of 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.
- Delgeth is Native American folklore
why
Delgeth are the man-eating antelopes of Navajo tradition, monstrous survivors of the world's early age destroyed by the twin heroes who cleared the land for people to live in.
- Calygreyhound bears European folklore (general)
why
In Medieval lore, Calygreyhound is a mythical beast with the head of a wildcat, the body of an antelope, and the hooves of a deer.
- Jackalope bears American folklore
why
A North American mythical animal that is a jackrabbit with antelope horns.