Deer

4 books featuring this symbol

The deer represents grace, wild purity, and elusiveness that guides seekers. It mediates between forest sanctity and human pursuit.

Lalitavistara Sūtra cover

Lalitavistara Sūtra

Anonymous

300-400 CE

Indian, Buddhist

Man’yōshū cover

Man’yōshū

Various

759 CE

East Asian, Japanese

Iphigenia in Aulis cover

Iphigenia in Aulis

Euripides

405 BCE

Greek

Shintōshū cover

Shintōshū

Anonymous

1320-1350 CE

East Asian, Japanese