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Whenever you see a pretty (usually blue or black) butterfly show up, things are about to get Symbolic. For millenia, the world has latched on to the image of the butterfly: its metamorphosis from a caterpillar to a butterfly used as a metaphor for death and rebirth. In brighter series, it means "Don't worry, be at peace, the great circle of life continues on." In others, it means "You're going to die and turn into something else and it being pleasant isn't necessarily an option." Dead butterflies are an especially ill omen.

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  • Butterfly of Death and Rebirth
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  • Whenever you see a pretty (usually blue or black) butterfly show up, things are about to get Symbolic. For millenia, the world has latched on to the image of the butterfly: its metamorphosis from a caterpillar to a butterfly used as a metaphor for death and rebirth. In brighter series, it means "Don't worry, be at peace, the great circle of life continues on." In others, it means "You're going to die and turn into something else and it being pleasant isn't necessarily an option." Dead butterflies are an especially ill omen.
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  • Whenever you see a pretty (usually blue or black) butterfly show up, things are about to get Symbolic. For millenia, the world has latched on to the image of the butterfly: its metamorphosis from a caterpillar to a butterfly used as a metaphor for death and rebirth. In brighter series, it means "Don't worry, be at peace, the great circle of life continues on." In others, it means "You're going to die and turn into something else and it being pleasant isn't necessarily an option." Dead butterflies are an especially ill omen. Not related to Butterfly of Doom or Schrodinger's Butterfly. See also Pretty Butterflies. * Cherry Blossoms, a chiefly Japanese symbol for the beauty and evanescence of life. * The Ouroboros, a snake consuming its own tail, emphasizes the cyclical nature of life. Its occult overtones also make it appropriate for more mystical and/or weirder cases of endings tangled up with beginnings. * The Phoenix, a mythological being reborn from its own ashes. Examples of Butterfly of Death and Rebirth include:
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