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Essay Galaxy - The Symbolism Of The Crow
The Symbolism Of The Crow
In the Christian culture, the crow means nothing good, But you'll be surprised to see what he symbolizes in other civilizations. The crow is seen as a negative omen only recently and mostly in Europe.
The crow was sacred to the Celts and meant the flesh torn by fighting. As he eats carrion, the Welsh poetry uses the metaphor "the crow pierced you" to say, "you have died". They thought that crows escorted the sun during its nocturnal path, that is to say in Hell. So they were a symbol of evil, Contrary to swans, symbolizing purity. In Babylon, the crow was the name of the 13th month of the calendar, and he had a very negative value.
The crow was too gossipy for the Greeks. That's why Athena replaced him with the owl, to stay with her. The crow was also devoted to Apollo. The god sent a crow....
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