Cats

As an ancient symbolic Celtic animal, the cat represents the guardian of the Otherworld or Underworld. Stoic, silent and mysterious, cats fit the bill of Otherworld guardians quite well. They keep the secrets of the Otherworld eternally to themselves, as they gaze with guile upon a world that does not see or understand the depth of their knowledge. Overall, the cat is the symbol of patience, freedom, independence, sensuality, mystery, curiosity and rebirth.