The animal itself
The wren's song reaches over 90 decibels relative to its body size — gram for gram louder than a crowing rooster. It weighs about 10 grams.1 of 2 calendars · 20 searches a month
Wren
Small presence with outsized voice.
Which calendar assigns it, and when
Celtic calendar
10 June – 7 July
Its tree
Oak
Only the Celtic calendar assigns this one. Anyone born in these dates gets a different animal from the other system — the two agree on 4.7% of days →
What it stands for, and where that came from
Small presence with an outsized voice.
Honoured in: Called the king of birds in Celtic and Greek fable, having won the crown by hiding on the eagle's back and flying higher at the last moment.
The symbolism usually grew out of the behaviour rather than the other way round — which is the part worth keeping when the rest is set aside.