Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2016 23:38:30 GMT
Animals have a lot of symbolism and different meanings all around the world. But recently I've been trying to find out if specific parts of animals have different symbolic meanings. Bone is a big one that seems to come up a lot as a good option for carving and using for making tools, and I've seen that it's used in many different spells. But asside from bone, as much as I've been searching, I'm yet to find any reliable information on anything else. Specifically, I've been wondering about animal hairs and furs.
Animals shed, and as someone with a cat and a dog with a ridiculously thick coat, I'm pretty much picking up stray wads of fur and brushing them out to the point where a single grooming session ends with about a shopping bag full of fur. Just throwing it out seems like a bit of a waste sometimes, because it's especially easy to wind into wool or make into felt. Just from about a fisfull of my dog's hair today, I actually made this little charm:
Despite how easy it is to do, I haven't read anything about animal furs being used like this for more witchy purposes. I also haven't found any information on ic fur itself has any specific magical properties and associations, or if different animals have different associations attached to their furs.
So I guess I'm asking, do people use fur in magic? Is there any sort of symbolism around fur in general, and are there specific correspondences depending on what type of animal?
Animals shed, and as someone with a cat and a dog with a ridiculously thick coat, I'm pretty much picking up stray wads of fur and brushing them out to the point where a single grooming session ends with about a shopping bag full of fur. Just throwing it out seems like a bit of a waste sometimes, because it's especially easy to wind into wool or make into felt. Just from about a fisfull of my dog's hair today, I actually made this little charm:
Despite how easy it is to do, I haven't read anything about animal furs being used like this for more witchy purposes. I also haven't found any information on ic fur itself has any specific magical properties and associations, or if different animals have different associations attached to their furs.
So I guess I'm asking, do people use fur in magic? Is there any sort of symbolism around fur in general, and are there specific correspondences depending on what type of animal?
