Stag on the Watch – By Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899) – Public Domain Image
The stag in Celtic mythology is a symbol of the forest. It grows antlers that resemble branches on a tree. It looks as if it carries the forest around with it crowned on its head. The stag is fast, powerful and agile and sexually vigorous. This represents the the energy of nature which is self regenerating. The shedding of its antlers in the autumn and their regrowth in the spring is like the seasonal cycle of the forest trees which shed their leaves each autumn and regrow them each spring.
The Gundestrup Cauldron
Part of Gundestrup Cauldron Depicting Cernunnos – Derivative work: Fuzzypeg – Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
One of the finest relics of the Celts is the Gundestrup cauldron. This is a Iron Age silver work cauldron that was found near the Danish…
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