There are a number of symbols held by the Mistress of the Thorns. Many that guide Her faithful and Her forest. Let us start with the Rose. Nothing more than a flower with thorns on the stem. Small insects may spread pollen of a flower to make more. The flower is nothing more than something that looks and smells pretty. So what meaning is there? Why do we give meaning to this thing? Perhaps part of it lays within what it causes. The sight and smell triggers memories with our minds. Times of emotion. Times that we feel something for something. Is the meaning really within the object that causes such memory and feelings or is it within ourselves? It is within us. The flower is just a flower. Our minds will try and find meaning in something if we are told it is there. If we say a flower is representable of 'love', then we will try and find why such a meaning is given.

Let us look at the Spider. There are a number of different spiders, several within the Glomdoring Forest. Every spider has its own way of trapping prey and feeding its hunger. Some use webs and wait for the prey to become trapped. Others are more aggressive and attack their prey once they are within range. Some spiders are better dead and their corpses place within the Shadow Falls. So, what does this tell us about the Lady's symbol? It tells us a few things. It shows us each spider has a place.
While they may seem weak and easily killed, this doesn't mean they don't have their place within Glomdoring. Their show us that prey will come to us. They call their home within the Larder, waiting for someone to walk by before attacking. This is one fold of the Lady's symbol. The lesson of patience. The spiders on the Nexus Manifestation are different. They do not teach this lesson. But their place is not to teach a lesson. Their place to be killed and their corpses placed with the ShadowFalls to empower the Master Ravenwood.

What of the tool of the spider, the Web? A sticky substance made by the spider to hold prey. At first glance, there doesn't seem to be much in the literal meaning. A web is nothing a but a tool. Perhaps a localized home. What are the lessons of the Web? There are lessons of deception. Large prey could easily break a small weak web. If the web is suppose to look like anything could break it, but doesn't hold back the large animals, where is the deception? A lesson should always hold true. It should be a fact. So what is the fact here that will always hold? This is another part of the Web. Finding this fact among the lie. It is a lie within a lie.

But perhaps the first statement is a truth. The Lady's temple is protected by a web. A strong enough web that only Her faithful are able to get past. This web seems to hold true to the deception. Why is this not applied to all webs? This goes back to part of the Spider. That every web has its place. Applying these facts seems to be more of a scapegoat. Something doesn't make sense with the rest of the figures - say it has its place and is different.

And this is the problem with trying to look at symbols and meanings beyond their literal definitions. It is the point of a symbol to have meaning beyond. Everyone is going to see something different. Some will try, as I have here, to see if there is really any meaning beyond what you could look up yourself. If there is meaning behind what the eyes show you. Structure on order give way to us trying to catalogue things around us. Our senses are powerful things. Invoking emotion on such a level we can say it reminds of some event in the past is no easy process. Words and reports may account for events, but one could argue it doesn't beat a more visual input.

There will always be meaning in objects. The objects themselves by just be that without deep meaning. A red rose is just a red rose. No meanings of love or anything. We mortals give reason beyond what is before us. This helps us see the world in a different light. It helps us write and create beautiful things.