Crow

Release on 2004-04-04 | by Boria Sax

They take flight almost without effort, flapping their wings easily and ascending into the air like spirits. Crow by Boria Sax is a celebration of the crow and its relatives in myth, literature, and life.

Author: Boria Sax
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781861894878
Category: Nature
Page: 184
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Crow

Though not generally perceived as graceful, crows are remarkably so—a single curve undulates from the tip of the bird’s beak to the end of its tail. They take flight almost without effort, flapping their wings easily and ascending into the air like spirits. Crow by Boria Sax is a celebration of the crow and its relatives in myth, literature, and life. Sax takes readers into the history of crows, detailing how in a range of cultures, from the Chinese to the Hopi Indians, crows are bearers of prophecy. For example, thanks in part to the birds’ courtship rituals, Greeks invoked crows as symbols of conjugal love. From the raven sent out by Noah to the corvid deities of the Eskimo, from Taoist legends to Victorian novels and contemporary films, Sax’s book ranges across history and culture and will interest anyone who has ever been intrigued, puzzled, annoyed, or charmed by these wonderfully intelligent birds.

Language: en
Pages: 184

Crow

Authors: Boria Sax

Categories: Nature

Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-04-04 - Publisher: Reaktion Books

Language: en
Pages:

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Authors: Arthur Cleveland Bent

Categories: Birds

Type: BOOK - Published: 1946 - Publisher:

Books about Life Histories of North American [birds].: Jays, crows and titmice

Language: en
Pages: 24

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Authors: Jim Crow

Categories: African Americans

Type: BOOK - Published: 1840 - Publisher:

Books about Jim Crow's Vagaries, or, Black flights of fancy: containing a choice collection of nigger melodies. To which is added, the erratic life of Jim Crow