Decanter engraved with deer up

Our ancestors have much of their deer hello. Indeed, they derived most of their food needs of its flesh. Her skin was transformed into clothes, woods and bone tools and weapons. Hunting scenes that appear especially on the walls of the Lascaux cave show the importance of this animal in prehistoric man. If the deer has inspired poets, it is also central to many religious parables. During the Christianization of Europe, the missionary priests used the metaphorical force of the deer to convert the heathen. It was a proof of the existence of God woods that fall each year to push even higher illustrate eternal life. The wood will also discuss the cross carried by Christ, while the branches and ten horns of the finest deer representing the Ten Commandments. A legend says that: "The Roman general Placidus hunted a deer when suddenly the cross of Christ appeared in the midst of its timber. Placide Deer addressed after this adventure that was converted and became Saint Eustache." The deer symbolizes purity and innocence martyred. This theme was taken up beautifully in his famous Walt Disney cartoon Bambi. In a less poetic, sexual prowess of the deer are at the origin of the phrase "having horns". This expression has its origins in the tale Merlin dating from the twelfth century. Learning that his wife remarried, Merlin rushes back deer on his rival, mad with rage, he tore the horns of his horse and kills the lover by sending the trophy to the face. Finally, the kingdom chose the deer emblem because it embodied a controlling behavior and majestic.