Symbols of Animals

• Ant -frugality and prevision
• Ape -uncleanness
• Ass – stupidity
• Bat -blindness
• Bear -ill-temper, uncouthness
• Bee -industry
• Beetle - blindness
• Bull -strength, straight-forwardness
• Bulldog -pertinacity
• Butterfly -sportiveness, living in pleasure
• Cat -deceit
• Calf-cowardice
• Cicada-poetry
• Cock-vigilance, overbearing insolence
• Crow- longevity
• Crocodile-hypocrisy
• Dog-fidelity, dirty habits
• Dove-innocence, harmlessness
• Duck-deceit
• Eagle-majesty, inspiration
• Elephant-sagacity
• Fly-feebleness, insignificance
• Fox-cunning, artifice
• Goat - lasciviousness
• Goose-conceit, folly
• Gull-gullibility
• Grasshopper-old age
• Hare- timidity
• Hawk-rapacity, penetration
• Hen-maternal care
• Horse-speed, grace
• Jay-senseless chatter
• Kitten-playfulness
• Lamb-innocence, sacrifice
• Lark-cheerfulness
• Lion-noble courage
• Lynx-suspicious vigilance
• Magpie-garrulity
• Mole- blindness, obstinacy
• Monkey-tricks
• Mule-obstinacy
• Nightingale-forlornness
• Ostrich-stupidity
• Ox-patience, strength
• Owl-wisdom
• Parrot-mocking verbosity
• Peacock-pride
• Pigeon-cowardice
• Pig-obstinacy, dirtiness
• Puppy-empty-headed conceit
• Rabbit-fecundity
• Raven-ill luck
• Serpent-wisdom
• Sheep-silliness, timidity
• Swan- grace
• Swine-filthiness, greed
• Tiger- ferocity
• Tortoise-chastity
• Vulture-rapine
• Wolf-cruelty, savage ferocity, and rapine
• Worm-cringing