Active in dark places, having the gift of flight but with the image of being neither bird nor beast, in Western culture bats have become a symbol of uncleanliness and danger. In Aesop's Fables the bat plays the role of the one who cannot find his own identity.
在暗處活動，擁有飛行天賦、卻不屬鳥類的「非禽非獸」形象，蝙蝠在西方成為不潔和危險的象徵；在希臘伊索寓言中，蝙蝠是找不到自我的角色。