Spirit of the Forest - The White Stag

The white stag in Celtic myth is a sign that the other world is near.

As my brother Steve and myself would say a white stag or Buffalo

is "BIG MEDICINE"

To the early Christians the white stag symbolized

Christ because of its whiteness and purity. It is also associated with

the sun in early christian icons the sun appears between its antlers.

In Celtic mythology, the stag is a magical creature that can move

between the worlds. As in Ireland many tales have humans transformed

into deer. For example St. Patrick was said to have transformed himself

and his companions into deer in order to escape a trap laid by a pagan king.

In the Welsh tale of Culhwch and Olwen, the stag is one of the

oldest animals in the world, along with the blackbird, the owl, and

the eagle and salmon. The antlers on the white stag are compared to

tree-branches and thus may represent fertility, since they are shed and

re-grown year after year. Antlers also symbolize rejuvenation and rebirth.

Cernunnos, the Celtic horned god, was depicted with the antlers of a stag;

and said to be the god of fertility and plenty and was claimed to be the

lord of the beasts

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I have only seen a white deer once in my life locally.

Unfortunately I heard about it's fate as some people cannot resist to

take the life of something that is different and unique in this world.