Leucism is a wide variety of conditions that result in the partial loss of pigmentation in an animal - causing white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales, or cuticles, but not the eyes. It is occasionally spelled leukism. Some genetic conditions that result in a "leucistic" appearance include piebaldism, Waardenburg syndrome, vitiligo, Chediak-Higashi syndrome, flavism, isabellinism, xanthochromism, axanthism, amelanism, and Melanophilin mutations. Pale patches of skin, feathers, or fur (often referred to as "depigmentation") can also result from injury. Continue reading
Prophecies often speak to the birth of white animals as representing a rebirth for humanity, the sacred animals being harbingers of peace, as foretold by the ancients. White generally refers to the white light of creation.
Native American legends take us to the birth of white buffalos as the movement from darkness into enlightenment. The first recorded white buffalo in the US was in1833 when a white bison was killed by the Cheyenne during the Leonid Meteor Showers. In ancient times, meteor showers were often associated with similar prophecies.
The white buffalo is an American bison considered to be a sacred sign in several Native American religions. The birth of a white buffalo has great spiritual importance in those cultures and is visited for prayer and other religious ceremonies. White Buffalo through the decades
Reported birth of rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone park fulfills Lakota prophecy
NBC - June 12, 2024
Adorable White Bison Calf Born In Bear River State Park
IFL Science - June 3, 2023
... "A prophecy foretold that the birth of a white buffalo calf would be a
sign that it would be near the time She would return to purify the world."
