Sheep
Sheep can signify spring, innocence, gentleness, and the Christian faithful, but also helpless conformity; Irish folklore finds them sparse in myth and sometimes unlucky.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 2 figures
- Traditions
- Guarani mythology (1)Mapuche mythology (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.
- Ao Ao is Guarani mythology
why
In Guarani folklore, Ao Ao is a monstrous sheep with sharp fangs.
- Huallepén is Mapuche mythology
why
Hailing from Mapuche mythology in Chile, the Huallepen is depicted as a creature with the body of a sheep, human-like hands, and a distorted face.