Bronze rooster

The rooster in Roman times had great symbolic richness. For its bellicose quality, the rooster represented courage and victory. It was also a symbol of sexual power and fertility, also considered auspicious animal or even that it was the driver of the souls of the dead to the afterlife.

As an animal associated with Asclepius, god of medicine and health, it was a symbol of healing, and as an animal associated with the Leto parturition, mother of Apollo and Artemis, it was a symbol of birth and mercy for maternity cases.

But perhaps one of the most important symbols was associated with its power to announce the day with their singing. From that perspective the rooster was a symbol of birth and resurrection.

Therefore, due to this series of symbolic representations this figure could be an offering or some kind of amulet.

The rooster is an animal that is associated with Mercury for its ability to announce the day, and this can relate with one of the main functions of the god Mercury, be the messenger between gods and men. Mercury, apart from being the protector god of commerce and caretaker in roads and travelers, was the god of prosperity, usually had a leading position in the domestic altars of houses.