Carp
The carp denotes perseverance, courage, longevity, and abundance; Chinese tradition links its upstream leap with scholarly ascent, while paired carp signify lovers.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 1 figure
- Traditions
- Korean 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.
- Dragon-Carp is Korean mythology
why
… dragon's head and a carp's tail, who spoke from …