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 Arrows are symbolic of the ability to drive something home. They represent swiftness, skill, and the ability to fly to the heart of the matter. Arrows represent the Hunter or Horned One aspect of the god. In Egypt, the arrow was a symbol of divine power, personified by Neith, the goddess of war, whose cult was represented by two crossed arrows. Two crossed arrows could also represent the power of Hemsut, which was a female form of Ka - the soul.Symbolic also of the rays of the Sun, Atum was the archer who fired sunbeams as though they were arrows. At the king's Ascension, he would fire an arrow in each of the four cardinal directions; representing the king's power over the Four Corners of the world. In Greek and Roman legend the arrows of Eros or Cupid stirred love and desire in the hearts of men. He had two types of arrows - golden with dove feathers which aroused love, or leaden arrows which had owl feathers that created indifference. Arrows appear prominently in the legends of Robin Hood and William Tell as well as many other tales. Arrows were one of the symbols of Isten, Hungarian supreme god and the personification of light, as well as of the Tibetan goddess of love and wealth, Kurukulla. Breo Saighead, one aspect of the Celtic goddess Brigid means "Fiery Arrow or Power."
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