Clichés, related articles on the animals and their symbolism and Wile E. Coyote.
While I was writing Badger: Pagan symbol of Aggression, I thought about how we put our perceptions of animals’ behavior into words that express human behavior. I thought about articles I’ve written and the clichés that correlate. Here are some phrases that reflect this and related articles. Not all clichés are positive and don’t reflect the animals true behavior.
- Hungry as a bear Bear: Powerful Pagan Symbol
- Room is a pig sty, put on the hog, go whole hog, living high off the hog, can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, hogwash, go hog-wild, cast pearls before swine Wild Boar: Pagan Warrior Spirit
- Sly as a fox Fox Pagan Symbol: Camouflage
- Sneaky as a weasel Weasel: Pagan Symbolism
- Wise as an owl, don't give a hoot Owl: Pagan Symbol of Wisdom
- Bats in the belfry, like a bat out of hell, blind as a bat Bat: A Powerful Pagan Symbol
- Dumb bunny, acts like a scared rabbit Rabbit/Hare: Trickster-Fear Caller
- Play cat and mouse, let the cat out of the bag, cat’s meow , what the cat dragged in Cat: Pagan Symbol of the Arcane
- Feathers one’s nest, for the birds Raven, Enigmatic Pagan Symbol
- Sticks in your crow, crow’s nest, bird brain, Crow: Mysterious Pagan Symbol
- Snake in the grass Snake: Pagan Symbol Transmutation
- Wolfing down food, wolf in sheep’s clothing Wolf: Influential Pagan Symbol
When I wrote Coyote, Pagan Symbol: Trickster, I thought about the cartoon character, Road Runner and his arch villain, Wile E. Coyote. While this isn’t a cliché, Wile E. was trickster. One scene showed him getting flattened by a steam roller. Wiley looked at it, approached it and got flattened again. Coyote and Wile E., both tricksters....
