Salmon
Salmon signifies fecundity, wisdom, and otherworldly knowledge in Celtic lore, while North American traditions center on its release by Coyote as sustaining food.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 1 figure
- Traditions
- Irish 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.
- Liban is Irish folklore
why
Her prayer was granted in a partial and striking form: her lower body became that of a salmon while her upper body stayed human, making her a mermaid in the literal sense of the word, and her dog was transformed alongside her into an otter.