This connection is seen through their use in the hunt, search for secrets and wisdom. Specific animals have specific associations depending on the characteristics of the type of animal. Birds, fish, serpents, deer, cattle, swine, and so on all tend to be used as symbols. Boars , fishes , serpents , birds , and herd animals are the most frequently described. Their appearance in dreams and visions also indicates warriors.
Great importance is attached to the bristles of the boar.
Perhaps they are the distinguishing characteristic of the animal or symbolize its strength. Some of the extraordinary boars, that King Arthur fights in Culhwch and Olwen , have bristles that are gold or silver. Conversley, when Menw tries to steal treasures from Twrch Trwyth, he is only able to take a bristle. The pig herders at the start of the T in, Friuch and Rucht, are named after the bristle and the grunt of the boar, respectively. The bristles of the boar are mentioned many other times implying that they are an important part of the animal.