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Lord of the Glen (Scotland)

This noble beast has been inspiring Celtic thought for thousands of years. In Celtic myth and religion, the stag personifies the power of the Other World (realm of the dead and/or the Gods), the forest and untamed nature generally. The animal is powerful, agile and sexually vigorous. Its antlers, which resemble the branches of a tree, are an emblem of the regenerative and cyclical pattern of nature — they grow throughout the summer, are used in the rutting duels, and drop off in the winter only to grow again next spring. The antlers also remind

 

Texture's and Effect's by William Walton & Topaz.

 

Information by the Scottish tourist board.

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Uploaded on March 28, 2022
Taken on December 3, 2017