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* The short-lived [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Party_(United_States,_1912%E2%80%931920) American Progressive Party]] famously used the moose as its official emblem, prompting the nickname "The Bull Moose Party". An understandable choice, given that it was founded and led by well-known big game hunter UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, who supposedly remarked that he felt [[BadassBoast strong as a bull moose]] after he lost the Republican Presidential nomination to his protégé and former Secretary of War UsefulNotes/WilliamHowardTaft. The association grew even stronger after Roosevelt famously gave a speech in Milwaukee shortly after '''''surviving a gunshot wound from an assassination attempt''''', boasting that he was just as difficult to kill as his party's namesake animal.
-->''"Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot--but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose."''
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** Italy inherited the wolf from Ancient Rome (Italy would actually have both wolf and eagle, but the heavy use of eagle symbolism by Fascism caused most Italian to 'forget' the eagle).

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** Italy inherited the wolf from Ancient Rome (Italy would actually have both wolf and eagle, but the heavy use of eagle symbolism by Fascism caused most Italian Italians to 'forget' the eagle).



* Some {{Goth}}s have the raven motif.

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* Some {{Goth}}s {{goth}}s have the raven motif.

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* The city of UsefulNotes/{{Baltimore}}, Maryland is generally associated with [[RavensAndCrows the raven]], on account of Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's relationship with the city. Oddly, although there is a species of bird called a Baltimore oriole, that's actually named after Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore (the man after whom the city is named, as its yellow-and-black coloration matched that of his coat of arms) and is considered more of a symbol of the state of Maryland (which Lord Baltimore founded and in which Baltimore City sits) as a whole than of the city specifically. (Incidentally, Baltimore's two major-league professional sports teams are named after these birds--the Baltimore Orioles of Major League UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}}, and the Baltimore Ravens of the UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague.)

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* The city of UsefulNotes/{{Baltimore}}, Maryland is generally associated with [[RavensAndCrows the raven]], on account of Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's relationship with the city. Oddly, although there is a species of bird called a Baltimore oriole, that's actually named after Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore (the man after whom the city is named, as its yellow-and-black coloration matched that of his coat of arms) and is considered more of a symbol of the state of Maryland (which Lord Baltimore founded and in which Baltimore City sits) as a whole than of the city specifically. (Incidentally, Baltimore's two major-league professional sports teams are named after these birds--the Baltimore Orioles of Major League UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}}, UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball, and the Baltimore Ravens of the UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague.)
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** {{Greed}} is associated with foxes and frogs.

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** {{Greed}} is associated with foxes foxes, crows and frogs.



** {{Pride}} is associated with horses and [[ProudPeacock peacocks]].

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** {{Pride}} is associated with horses horses, lions and [[ProudPeacock peacocks]].



** [[UnstoppableRage Wrath]] is associated with bulls, lions and bears.

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** [[UnstoppableRage Wrath]] is associated with bulls, wolves, lions and bears.
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** {{Pride}} is associated with horses and peacocks.
** {{Sloth}} is associated with goats and donkeys. Ironically, it is ''not'' often associated with ''actual'' sloths (which fit the sin perfectly), as they're native to South America and Europeans didn't encounter them until long after the symbolism was well established (the animal was actually ''named'' for the sin ''because'' they fit so perfectly).
** [[UnstoppableRage Wrath]] is associated with bulls and bears.

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** {{Pride}} is associated with horses and peacocks.
[[ProudPeacock peacocks]].
** {{Sloth}} is associated with goats goats, snails, turtles and donkeys. Ironically, it is ''not'' often associated with ''actual'' sloths (which fit the sin perfectly), as they're native to South America and Europeans didn't encounter them until long after the symbolism was well established (the animal was actually ''named'' for the sin ''because'' they fit so perfectly).
perfectly). In the modern day at least, it's become common to associate Sloth with bears, presumably due to their tendency to hibernate in winter.
** [[UnstoppableRage Wrath]] is associated with bulls bulls, lions and bears.
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** {{Lust}} is associated with cows, bulls, goats, and roosters (feel free to make the appropriate jokes about that one).

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** {{Lust}} is associated with cows, bulls, goats, and roosters (feel free to make the appropriate jokes about that one). Perhaps more surprisingly, Lust is also commonly associated with rabbits, due to their [[ExplosiveBreeder proficiency at multiplying]].
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** {{Envy}} is associated with dogs and snakes.

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** {{Envy}} [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]] is associated with dogs and snakes.
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* As mentioned above, the symbol of the Welsh people is a red dragon, but the Anglo-Saxon's were also represented by a white dragon. The conflict between the Welsh and Anglo-Saxons (English) was often represented in historical art as a fight between a red and white dragon.

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