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Certain creatures appear together in certain combinations.
Deer and griffin elements are common partners.
Eagle or raptor elements are frequently combined with ungulates (deer, horses, ibex).
Predator-prey relationships — the moment of attack, the intertwining of bodies — are a recurring motif.
Why these specific combinations?
Various interpretations have been proposed.
One interpretation connects the hybrids to the shamanic worldview in which distinct categories of being — animals of different types, creatures of earth and sky and water — can be combined or transformed.
A shaman who travels between worlds might perceive or embody such combinations.
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