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Old 08-29-2003, 03:01 PM   #4 (permalink)
Jonsgirl
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You could be trying to remember any number of things here, as a white stag is a common enough symbols in many mythologies, but I'll give you some refferences. Someone stop me if I'm wrong.
The most common is the cletic horned god, Kernunnos. A diety of nature, fertility, etc.
The sun/war god Lugh. In welsh mythology, The Lord of the Tuatha De Danaan. His symbol is the white stag.
There are several stories of the Great Hunt in which a white stag is the otherwolrdly prey.
The white stag image is also pervalent in Arthourian mythos. (It was said that whoever could catch a white stag would wed the fairest lady in King Arthour's court.)
In cletic astrology, the white stag is asscoiated with the birch tree. (birth month: dec-jan)
In most places the white stag is portrayed as a guide between one realm and another.
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