Black angel – fallen angel
Black animals – power of darkness; devourer of the sun and the moon
Black Annis of Leicester – British folklore wind hag
Black Arky – Celtic demon of darkness
Black art – magical evil powers
Blackberry – Celtic fairy fruit
Blackbird – bad luck, evil
Black cat – necromancer
Black cloak – ignorance
Black clouds – in Chinese art the symbol of floods
Black dog – melancholy
Black-faced Madonna – sorrow, sadness, sympathy for men
Black-faced virgin – represents night when the creatrix is the most attentive to her duties
Black flag – piracy, death, sacrifice
Black heart – evil person
Black mountains – Navajo mythological mountains of the north which covered the earth nightly
in darkness
Black Rose – silence, symbol of the initiate
Black serpent – Chinese symbol of the North
Black swan – something rare
Black tortoise – Chinese guardian of the North and water
White animals – sacrificed to light and sky deities
White bird – soul, spirit of life
White bull – recipient of an external soul
White-clay men – Greek ritual dancers covered in white clay to represent Titans and giants
White conch shell – symbol of bliss, deity trumpet
White cow – cloud aspect of the mother goddess
White crane – Japanese symbol of longevity
White crow – symbol of a rare or unusual occurrence
White dog – cloud; wind; Khen -pa, the Tibetan Old Father, controller of sky demons
White dove – departed spirit, soul
White feather – cowardice, American Indian peace sign
White flag – surrender
White flowers – Japanese symbol of the feminine
White garment – incorruptible, light, truth
White goddess – universal mother in her moon aspect
White horse – celestial knowledge
White lamb – innocence
White lily – emblem of virgin mothers
White magic – enchantments for good purposes
White Mountains – Navajo mythological mountains of the East, which cause day
White mule – written to heaven by Mohammed
White ox – sacrificed to the sun by Arabs
White pebbles – grave gifts
White rose – virginity