The wolf and the raven were sacred animals, and have left their memory in many places, as well as in such personal titles as AEthelwulf, the noble wolf.

The boar was also greatly reverenced; its head was used as an amulet, or as a crest for helmets, and oaths were taken upon it till late in the middle ages.

Our own boar's head at Christmas is a relic of the old belief.

The sanctity of the horse and the ash has been already mentioned.

Now many of the Anglo-Saxon clans bore names implying their descent from such plants or animals.