ANIMAL DEITIES..."as it is the link between the inner and outer energy, the la is often depicted or personified in the form of an animal." (Nebesky: 1975..pg 481)..."The pantheon of animal headed or phallic gods (Min had been much in evidence in Thebes)." (Hawkes: 1962..pg 120)..."Several solar symbols, such as the lion, the winged horse, and the griffin have been interpreted as symbols of Mithra." (Ackerman: 1938)...

TIGER...(Tak) the range and existence of black tigers..."In the West, a spotted Tiger."..(Nebesky: 1956..pg 333)...

HORSE...(ta)...(On the windhorse flag the horse often occupies the central position)..."in Lungta, ta refers to the 'excellent horse' (rta mchog) and seems to refer to the transmutation...of the five elements from negative to positive." (Norbu: 1995...pg 69)....."The horse belongs to the earth, just as the dragon belongs to heaven. Its roaming over the plains symbolizes the vast expanse of the earth." (Wilhelm: I Ching..pg 11)...."In the Persian Mithraic tradition, the fundamental elements of the cosmos, fire, air, water, and earts are represented as horses. The horseman was an agent of changing fortune. A fiery form in the shape of a man riding a fiery horse would bring in the final restoration of the world."..(Campbell: 1968...pg 201)..."The Indo-European word for horse (ved: aksva...Avest: aspa....greek: ekvos....Latin: equus) all came from the same root (aksv) as the word swift (ved: aksu...gk: okus...lat: ocior) and for sky and lightning bolt (asman...gk: akmon). The connection bewteen the horse and the sun and sky turned on their swiftness." (Campbell: 1968..pg 191)..."Bucephalus was the horse of Alexander, born with a small horn on its forehead." (Waugh: 1984..pg 42)..."The head of the horse was the dawn, the eye was the sun, the breath the wind, the back the sky, the belly the earth, and the limbs the seasons." (James: 1963...pg 79)...

LUNG-MA....dragon horse....imperial horse....a figure from ancient Taoist alchemy....The windhorse have have existed earlie than Taoism and from the same tradition that gave birth to Siberian shamanism...the Chinese and Siberian windhorse has antlers.....

KHYUNG: "Similar to the Indian Garuda since both were of a solar nature. But more complex, shared with the Siberian shamaist people...introduced into Tibet from Zhang-Zhung and shows Iranian influences." (Hoffman 75) Check Zurvanism and Manicheism, both of which were important in ancient Persia before their suppression by Zoroastrianism during the late Sarsanian dynasty. "Soars in outer space...sees no fear and no imperfection...experience greater world and attain greater mind." (Trungpa:1984...p 168)...."The shang-shang is a special type of garuda, a musician, who plays a pair of cymbals as he flies." (Trungpa: 1975..pg 108)...."Sound is like a Garuda dragon, like a thunderstorm." (Wangyal: 1993..pg 194)..."the Garuda generates it own energy while in the egg, after its mother has made a nest in space." (Wangyal: 1993..pg 197)..."depicted with two horns emanating flames with a 'wish fulfilling jewel between them." (Nebesky: 1975..pg 256)..."When the white drala Khyung bird flew in the sky, white feathers fell like snow flakes and became 100,000 white soldiers, they were the werma defenders of the east." (Norbu: 1995..pg 59)..."In the North, a Khyung with a jewel on its head." (Nebesky: 1956..pg 333)..."In the Mahabharata, the Garuda assumes a fiery shape with a body as golden and bright as the rays of the sun. The Garuda drinks the Soma which is protected by fire." (Mackenzie: pg 346)..."The Tibetans worshipped the khyung, mythological eagles, before they heard of the indian Garuda." (Lopez: 1997..pg 257)...

Garuda...Indic king of birds
Khyung...Mythic Tibetan like the phoenix

BIRD DEITIES..."The Mithraic raven has a parallel in the Karsipta bird." (Campbell: 1968..pg 122)..."The eagle was the bird of soverneignty (Zeus) whereas the raven was the bird of intelligence.(Apollo)"...(Campbell: 1968..pg 122)..."In Ancient Persia, the Varegan longs for the termination of the night and flies up with joy at the break of dawn. The 'fore-seeing' bird (parodars)...the Kahrkatas (the golden necked vulture). The raven precedes the rising sun with a commanding message to Mithra...a special bearer of hvareno...the form in which the potency of the sky revealed itself.".(Campbell: 1968..pg 25)...."the Griffin was an attribute of the Sun God Oetosyrus." (Rudenko: 1970..pg 287)..."On the cloak of Mithras is a raven, a messenger of the sun and the 1st level of initiation in the Mystery Religion of ancient Rome." (Meyer: 1987..pg 200)...

GRIFFIN....

SIMURGH....Simurgh, the fabulous bird whcih nursed and protected Zal, the father of Rustam, lived on Mt Demavand......"Saena (Persian: Simurgh). the legendary bird. a great falcon." (Curtis: 1993)..

DRAGON...(druk)"in the South, a turquoise colored Dragon with a hump of copper." (Nebesky: 1956..pg 333)....."In China, the dragon is a symbol of the electrically charged, dynamic, arousing force that manifest itself in thunderstorms. In the winter, this energy withdraws into the earth, becoming active in early summer."...(Wilhelm: I Ching..pg 7)...

LION...(Seng)..."the three Drala 'Lions of Aspiration" (smon pa'i seng sum) were born, three lion faced sGra bla, emanations of the three classes of deities: phywa, dMu, and gTsug." (Norbu: 1995..pg 54)..."In the East, a lion, white like a conch shell and having locks of Turquoise." (Nebesky: 1956..pg 333)... "the lion was an attribute of the Scythian god Artimpasa"..(Rudenko: 1970..pg 287)..."Winged lions with human bodies appear in the Hittite reliefs of 1400 BC." (Rudenko: 1970..pg 274)..."In the Altai tombs, the horned and winged lion-griffins have a lions body and horns. Eagle-griffins have a tigers or leopards body. The horned lion-griffin is well known in Persia, Babylon, and Assyria." (Rudenko: 1970..pg 257)... "Half lion- half human figure...blue body...black moustache...black eyes...human face...wing feathers of red, yellow, blue. Its Assyrian origin is undoubted." (Rudenko: 1970..pg 274)..."In the Mithraic tradition, the Lion symbolizes the element fire." (Meyer: 1987..pg 201)...

SCORPION..."In ancient Persia, the Scorpion is shown at the bull's testicles, or the genitals of Mithra. Identified with the goddess Ishara. The ancient form was an Archer-Scorpion. The autumn equinox." (Campbell: 1968)

FISH..."The fish symbolizes an important power of Aphrodite-Astarte-Anahita as a goddess of the Aqua-vitae." (Campbell: 1968..pg 332)...

SNAKE..."In ancient Persian iconography the snake symbolizes time." (Acta: 1978..pg 20)...

ROOSTER..."The cock was a sacred bird in 700 BC Persia. The Zend speakers honored it because it drove off evil spirits at the dawn with its crowing.(Rudenko: 1970..pg 59)...

BULL.....Traditional Tibetan mythology involved the Tiger. Lion, Garuda, and Wild Yak

ZUNI......fetishes are small (several inches long at most) carvings from various stones, made by the Zuni Indians. These carvings serve a ceremonial purpose for their creators.....Typically they depict animals such as the wolf, badger, bear, mountain lion, eagle, mole, frog, and others.......the Zuni world is made up of six regions or directions. Each direction has a guardian animal, where are as follows: North - the Mountain Lion, West – the Black Bear, South – the Badger, East – the Wolf, the Sky or Upper – The Eagle, and the Underground or Lower – the Mole