10♥ · Mute Swan · Water · The Swimmers and Waders
Mute Swan
Denmark · National bird (chosen by public vote in 1984)
You were always a swan.
The Late Bloomer
Power · Body
42
Instinct · Mind
44
Resilience · Spirit
70
The message
In Hans Christian Andersen's story, the “ugly duckling” was a young swan all along. If you feel out of place, you may be in the wrong pond, or still growing into yourself. Be patient with your becoming.
Ask yourself
Where am I judging my early chapter against someone else's later one?
The animal
Mute swan cygnets hatch fluffy and grey-brown, and take a year or more to turn fully white.
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About the animal
- Scientific name
- Cygnus olor
- Country
- Denmark
- Status
- National bird (chosen by public vote in 1984)
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- True story
- The swan of Andersen's 'The Ugly Duckling'; one of the heaviest birds that can fly.
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