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
theyâre also vicious. seriously donât mess with a swan, they look pretty but they can literally break your armÂ
I saw a tourist in hyde park once feeding a swan straight from his hand and I almost had a heart attack
cho changâs patronus is a swan and sheâs a pretty cool gal
thereâs an ancient belief that swans sing a beautiful song in the moment before death which is why we have the phrase âswan songâ which is kind of like your last hurrah
âswanâ comes from an old indo-european word âswenâ meaning âto singâ
you probably already know the story of the ugly duckling who was bullied for looking different but eventually turned into a beautiful swan
but thatâs 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 spartaâŚâŚWTF ZEUS???
also in ancient greek mythology, swans were sacred to aphrodite (the goddess of love)
thereâs a Finnish story âKalevalaâ in which thereâs 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 theyâre compared to saintly persons âwhose chief characteristic is to be in the world without getting attached to itâ
because apparently a swanâs feather doesnât get wet in water #symbolism
I guess it means youâre good at rising above things
also the queen owns all the unmarked swans in england. I donât know why. she just does