Mare
The mare denotes fertility through horse-formed goddesses, but also witchcraft and the night-demon behind frightening dreams; heraldry uses it rarely.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 1 figure
- Traditions
- Welsh 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.
- Mallt-y-Nos is Welsh folklore
why
Originating from Welsh folklore, Mallt-y-Nos is the Night Mare, a spectral horse.