Hey your patronus posts are v cool so I was sobering if you could do a Hufflepuff with a white swan patronus? Thanks dude, I love your blog
theyāre also vicious. seriously donāt mess with a swan, they look pretty but they can literally break your armĀ
I saw a tourist in hyde park once feeding a swan straight from his hand and I almost had a heart attack
cho changās patronus is a swan and sheās a pretty cool gal
thereās an ancient belief that swans sing a beautiful song in the moment before death which is why we have the phraseĀ āswan songā which is kind of like your last hurrah
āswanā comes from an old indo-european wordĀ āswenā meaningĀ āto singā
you probably already know the story of the ugly duckling who was bullied for looking different but eventually turned into a beautiful swan
but thatās a great example of how swans symbolise elegance, love, and beauty
helen of troy was apparently conceived when zeus (disguised as a swan) had sex with the queen of spartaā¦ā¦WTF ZEUS???
also in ancient greek mythology, swans were sacred to aphrodite (the goddess of love)
thereās a Finnish storyĀ āKalevalaā in which thereās a swan that lives in the underworld, and anyone that kills a swan will die as well
five flying swans is the symbol of the nordic countries (finland, denmark, sweden, norway, iceland)
swans are also revered in hinduism and theyāre compared to saintly personsĀ āwhose chief characteristic is to be in the world without getting attached to itā
because apparently a swanās feather doesnāt get wet in water #symbolism
I guess it means youāre good at rising above things
also the queen owns all the unmarked swans in england. I donāt know why. she just does