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Omens related to a Crow according to Vastu Shastra
Here are some omens related to crows according to Vastu Shastra (an ancient Indian doctrine):
Crow is probably the most common bird in India and hence they are often ignored as mere scavengers. But Vastu Shastra associates a number of omens with it. These omens are as follows:-
If a crow coming from the south-west side in [...]
Posted: January 17th, 2012 under corvid, crows, Crows in literature, folklore, lore, myth, mythology, Myths about ravens.
Tags: Crow, crow mythology, crow omens, crows and omens, myths, omens, omens about crows, omens related to crows, Vastu Shastra
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Make a Joyful Noise Audio Recording
A few weeks ago I posted about Make a Joyful Noise written by Charles de Lint (read post here). I enthusiastically shared two of my favorite literary characters, the Crow Girls, Maida and Zia. This story is not available to purchase anymore but since I had a copy I thought I would ask the author [...]
Posted: January 4th, 2011 under art, corvid, Corvidae, Corvidae Family, Corvids, Crow, Crow art, crows, Crows in literature, cultural reference, Culture, Fables, folklore, fun, intelligence, Literature, lore, myth, mythology, Myths about ravens.
Tags: Charles De Lint, Charles DeLint, Crow girls, crows and literature, literature about crows, Make a Joyful Noise, The crow girls
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Legendary Ravens
Ravens are majestic birds and thus inspire great and terrible legends, myths, folklore and superstitions. It is no wonder with their capacity for intelligence. Ravens have exactly the same brain-to-body ratio as dolphins and almost the same as humans. “If crows were human, their average IQ would be 135 (the average for humans is 100!)”1 [...]
Posted: April 14th, 2009 under corvid, Corvidae, Corvids, folklore, Huginn, intelligence, learning, legend, lore, Memory, Muninn, myth, mythology, Myths about ravens, Odin, origin of raven, Raven, Raven myths, ravens, superstitions.
Tags: beliefs about ravens, raven beliefs, raven folklore, raven lore, raven mythology, Raven myths, raven superstitions, ravens and beliefs, ravens and folklore, ravens and legends, ravens and lore, ravens and mythology, ravens and myths, ravens and superstitions, Ravens are intelligent
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Rooks, Easter Lore and More
Like many in the corvid family Rooks are attached to many legends, myths, lore and superstitions. In Shropshire, it was believed that rooks never carried sticks to their nests on Sundays or Ascension Day, but simply sat quietly on trees and did not work. It was also believed to be futile to wear new clothes [...]
Posted: April 13th, 2009 under Easter Lore, etymology, folklore, legend, lore, myth, mythology, name origin, Rook, stealing, suspicious.
Tags: corvid legend, corvids and legends, corvids and myths, frugilegus, Rook, Rook origin, rookery, Rooks, rooks and easter folklore, rooks and easter legends, Rooks and easter lore, rooks and easter myths, the meaning of the word rook, the rook and easter folklore, the rook and easter legend, the rook and easter lore, the rook and easter myths, the rook and england, Where the name rook came from?
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Uncatchable
According to a story in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, there once was a virgin princess, a girl so beautiful that she attracted the attention of the lecherous sea god, Poseidon. When sweet words failed to seduce her, the hot-blooded Poseidon attempted to take her by force, and the girl called to the heavens for help. Her plea [...]
Posted: October 1st, 2008 under Athena, folklore, Greeks, legend, myth, Poseidon, story.
Tags: Athena, Coronis, Crow, folkore, Greek, legend, metamorphoses, myth, ovid, Poseidon, princess, sea god, virgin, wisdom
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Demon Bird
During the witch craze in Western Europe, ravens and crows were sometimes feared as demons. In Strathnaver, Scotland, for example, in the seventeenth century, an entire congregation of prayerful souls was seized with dread when they sensed a spectral raven in the house with them. Evil emanated from this shadowy presence, and the people were [...]
Posted: September 30th, 2008 under folklore, legend, myth, Raven, story.
Tags: bird, curse, Demon, folklore, legend, myth, Raven, scotland, story
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