Arrow
The arrow denotes directed force, penetration, war, lightning, rain, fertility, solar rays, and irreversible action; Mesopotamian imagery also uses it for the star Sirius.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 4 figures
- Traditions
- Algonquian folklore (1)Breton folklore (1)English folklore (1)Pueblo 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.
- Achiyalabopa bears Pueblo folklore
why
From Pueblo folklore, this bird is covered in arrow-like feathers.
- Ankou bears Breton folklore
why
Others portray it wielding a scythe or an arrow, symbols of its role in severing the ties between the living and the dead.
- Glooscap bears Algonquian folklore
why
The Wabanaki culture hero of the Dawnland, who tamed the winds, secured food and water, shaped the country, and went west to make arrows for the last day.
- Wyvern bears English folklore
why
It typically has a long, scaled, serpentine body tapering into a barbed or arrow-shaped tail, which is frequently shown knotted in heraldic depictions.