White hart

Richard II’s badge from the Wilton Diptych, 1396

The white hart - seen in the New Forest this week - is an inescapable part of British folklore, its mystical quality led to it being adopted as a symbol of royalty, which is why a multitude of White Hart pubs is scattered around the country. Since time immemorial, the white hart has been a creature surrounded by mystery, a beast whose very existence is suffused with myth and legend

White deer hold a place in the mythology of many cultures. Celtic people considered them to be messengers from the other world, and other pre-Indo-European cultures, especially in the north. The Celts believed that the white stag would appear when one was transgressing a taboo, such as when Pwyll trespassed into Arawn’s hunting grounds. Arthurian legend states that the creature has a perennial ability to evade capture; and that the pursuit of the animal represents mankind’s spiritual…

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