Squirrel
Squirrel signifies nimbleness, thrift, or greed; traditions also associate it with fertility, Medb, weather, and Ratatosk's mischievous messages between cosmic enemies.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 1 figure
- Traditions
- Norse 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.
- Ratatoskr is Norse mythology
why
Stemming from Norse mythology, Ratatoskr is a squirrel residing in Yggdrasil, the World Tree, known for spreading gossip and strife among the gods.