The Symbolism of the Rooster

Author: M.A. Carrillo de Albornoz & M.A. Fernández

September 22, 2014

The rooster is a universal solar symbol because its crowing announces the dawn. In India, it is the attribute of Skandha, personification of solar energy. In Japan, its crowing, associated with the songs of the gods, lured Amaterasu, Goddess of the Sun, out of the cave where she had been hiding, corresponding to the manifestation [...]

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