Stag beetles and culture

Stag beetles have always been very much part of our culture.
Below is a water colour is by the German artist, Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528. Nowadays in Germany stag beetles still have the most interesting vernacular names, thus reflecting their long standing popularity.
Here are a few links to other cultural examples; the first link is for a book - Lucanus cervus depictus - which couldn't sum better the role of stag beetles in our culture, the others are simply examples not found in there.

Book Poem Musical story Why are they called that? Kiev sculpture Visitors book Tea cosy Tooth pick holder Dead wood amphitheatre Enchanted tree Stag beetles as family names Stag beetles in stamps

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Last modified: Sat Jan 17 10:55:10 GMT 2009

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