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There is much debate among archaeologists
about whether the Celts were influenced by the Scythians in
their animal art. One argument against such influence is that
there have been no joint finds of Scythian and Celtic
material. An argument for such influence is stylistic
similarities.
The
animals they chose to illustrate were often the
same as the Celts: deer, bulls, boars - but this
Scythian cat or panther
is an uncommon subject for the Celts. It is based
on an openwork bronze.
From the Aberdeen
Bestiary (circa 14th c):
"...there is an animal called the panther,
multi-coloured, very beautiful and extremely gentle ... it has
only the dragon as an enemy. When it has fed and is full, it
hides in its den and sleeps. After three days it awakes from its
sleep and gives a great roar, and from its mouth comes a very
sweet odor, as if it were a mixture of every perfume. When other
animals hear its voice, they follow wherever it goes, because of
the sweetness of its scent. Only the dragon, hearing its voice,
is seized by fear and flees into the caves beneath the earth.
There, unable to bear the scent, it grows numbed within itself
and remains motionless, as if dead. ..."
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