Leopard Symbolism
This is a curation of this article: https://theleopardmen.wordpress.com/leopards-and-mythology. It's one of the most comprehensive writing I've found so far on the topic, and I was searching for ages to find it again. Now that I've found it, I'm adding it to my site so that I have it for handy reference. Mythology and the Leopard L eopards are featured throughout ancient myth stories, its multicolored hide and behaviors serving as the basis for allegorical tales. Mystery, mysticism and magic have especially been attributed to the melanistic feline for millennia. Its sheer blackness suggests the night, the moon, primal darkness, and the energies that emerge from the depths. In art and legend, a beautiful and courageous woman is often symbolized by the black panther. Virgin, mother, warrior, seducer, priestess and crone, this cat speaks of the feminine in all its aspects. Creating a link with the powerful archetypal force is the goal of many who work with spirit energies....