Pictish Beast
Artistic representation of an unknown, possibly mythical creature in Pictish stone monuments / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Pictish Beast (sometimes Pictish Dragon or Pictish Elephant) is an artistic representation of an animal, distinct to the early medieval culture of the Picts of Scotland. The great majority of surviving examples are on Pictish stones.
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The Pictish Beast accounts for about 40% of all Pictish animal depictions, and so was likely of great importance.[citation needed] The Pictish Beast is thought[by whom?] to have been an important figure in Pictish mythology, and possibly even a clan or political symbol.[citation needed]