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Crow - Mythology and folklore: Encyclopedia - Crow

See text The true crows are in the genus Corvus; they are large Passerine birds. As a group they show remarkable examples of intelligence; it would not be at all an exaggeration to characterize crows as being to birds what higher primates (including humans) are to mammals. They also top the avian IQ scale[1]. Crows and ravens often score very highly on intelligence tests. Crows in the northwestern US (a blend of Corvus brachyrhynchos and Corvus caurinus) show modest linguistic capabilities and the ab ...

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Crow - Mythology and folklore: Encyclopedia II - Crow - Mythology and folklore Crows, and especially ravens, often feature in legends or mythology as portents or harbingers of doom or death, because of their dark plumage, unnerving calls, and tendency to eat carrion. They are commonly thought to circle above scenes of death such as battles. In Native American folklore, Crow is often seen as a similar trickster to Coyote. However, Crow's tricks tend to be more out of maliciousness and he rarely (if ever) is portrayed as a hero. One possible explanation for this is that crows are often considered a pest to crops, which the tribes who came up wit ...

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Crow - Mythology and folklore: Encyclopedia - Australian folklore

Australian folklore refers to the folklore and urban legends of Australia. Australian folklore - Australian Aboriginal mythology. Bunyip - According to legend, they are said to lurk in swamps, billabongs, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes. Rainbow serpent - It is the sometimes unpredictable Rainbow Serpent, who vies with the ever-reliable Sun, that replenishes the stores of water, forming gullies and deep channels as he slithered across the landscape, allowing for the collection ...

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Crow - Mythology and folklore: Encyclopedia - Mythology

The word mythology (from the Greek μυϑολογία mythología, "storytelling" [1]) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use the supernatural to interpret natural events and to explain the nature of the universe and humanity. In modern usage, "mythology" is either the body of myths from a particular culture or religion (as in Greek mythology, Egyptian mythology or Norse mythology) or the ...

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Crow - Mythology and folklore: Encyclopedia - Giant mythology

The mythology and legendarium of many different cultures include mythological creatures of human appearance but prodigious size and strength. "Giant" is the English word commonly used for such beings, derived from one of the most famed example: the gigantes of Greek mythology. In various Indo-European mythologies, gigantic peoples are featured as primeval races associated with chaos and the wild nature, and they are frequently in conflict with the gods, be they Olympian or Norse. There are also historical stories featuring gian ...

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Crow - Mythology and folklore: Encyclopedia - American Crow

The American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) is slightly smaller than the European Carrion Crow in overall size (39-49 cm in length) and also has a proportionately smaller bill. Feathers are black, with a purple or blue iridescence in some lights. Legs, feet and bill are also black. Several regional forms are recognized and differ in bill proportion and overall size from each other across North America, g ...

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Crow - Mythology and folklore: Encyclopedia - Crows Nest

Crows Nest is the name of more than one place: Crows Nest, Indiana, United States Crow's Nest is a wooded peninsula in Stafford County, Virginia, United States Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia Crows Nest, Queensland, Australia See also: Crowsnest Pass in Canada Crow's Nest is also the name given to a structure near the top of the mast of a ship that is used as a lookout point. Other related archivesA

Crow - Mythology and folklore: Encyclopedia - Folklore of the United States

Architecture Cinema Cuisine Dance Literature Music Poetry Sculpture Television Theater Visual arts The folklore of the United States, or American folklore, is the folk tradition which has evolved on the North American continent since Europeans arrived in the 16th century. While it contains much in the way of Native American tradition, it should not be confused with ...

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Crow - Mythology and folklore: Encyclopedia - White-billed Crow

The White-billed Crow, Corvus woodfordi, is a short and stocky forest bird (40-41 cm in length) with a short squared off tail and a relatively large head with a very distinctive deep and curved pale ivory coloured bill with a darker tip. The dark nasal bristles though not thick are quite apparent against the pale coloured bill. The bird overall is very glossy black with a greenish-purple gloss to the head and purple gloss to the rest of the body. The iris is pale grey or ...

Crow - Mythology and folklore: Encyclopedia - Crow kinship

Crow kinship is a kinship system used to define family. Identified by Louis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, the Crow system is one of the six major kinship systems (Eskimo, Hawaiian, Iroquois, Crow, Omaha, and Sudanese). Crow kinship - Kinship system. The system is somewhat similar to the Iroquois system, but further distinguishes between the mother's side and the father's side. Relatives on the mother's side of the family have ...

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Crow - Mythology and folklore: Encyclopedia - As the crow flies

"As the crow flies" is a colloquial term used to describe the most direct route between two points on the Earth. It is most often used to differentiate distance along this route with that along a less direct route, such as a road or railroad, and is generally the same as the great circle route. Some people use the variation "by the crow flies". An example would be the distance between Key West and Pensacola, at the two opposite ends of Florida. Driving, the distance is approximately 792 miles or 1275 km, but directly across the Gulf of Mexico it is o ...

Crow - Mythology and folklore: Encyclopedia - Collared Crow

The Collared Crow (Corvus torquatus) is about the same size or slightly larger (52-55 cm in length) than the Carrion Crow with proportionately slightly longer wings, tail and bill. A sleek and handsome bird, it has glossy black plumage except for the back of the neck, upper back (mantle), and a broad band around the lower breast that is white. The bill, legs and feet are black. It sometimes flies with its feet hanging dow ...

Crow - Mythology and folklore: Encyclopedia - Cuban Crow

The Cuban Crow, Corvus nasicus, is one of four fascinating species of crow that occur on a few key islands in the West Indies. Two of these species (The White-necked Crow, Corvus leucognaphalis and the Jamaican Crow, Corvus jamaicensis) share similar features to the Cuban Crow and are obviously very closely related whilst the third, the Palm Crow differs in certain key features and is a later arrival in evolutionary terms and shows characteristics more akin to the North American species such as the Fis ...

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Crow - Mythology and folklore: Encyclopedia - Carrion Crow

The Carrion Crow, Corvus corone, can be distinguished from the Raven by its size (48–52 cm in length) and from the Hooded Crow by its black plumage, but there is frequent confusion between it and the Rook. The beak of the Crow is stouter and in consequence looks shorter, and whereas in the adult Rook the nostrils are bare, those of the Crow are covered at all ages with bristle-like feathers. This species breeds in western and central Europe, with an allied form or race C. c. orientalis (50-56 cm in length) occur ...

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Crow - Mythology and folklore: Encyclopedia - Arab folklore

Arabian folklore has a long and colourful history. Most Arab folklore has been read over generations as The Arabian Nights. However, Arabian Nights is a rather later part of Arabian literature. Other related archivesArabian Nights, The Arabian Nights

Crow - Mythology and folklore: Encyclopedia - Cape Crow

The Cape Crow or Black Crow (Corvus capensis) is slightly larger (48-50 cm in length) than the Carrion Crow and is completely black with a slight gloss of purple in the feathers. It has proportionately longer legs, wings and tail too and has a much longer, slimmer bill that seems to be designed for probing into the ground for invertebrates. The head feathers have a coppery-purple gloss and the throat feathers are quite ...

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Crow - Mythology and folklore: Encyclopedia - Cameron Crowe

Cameron Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an American writer and film director. He was born in Palm Springs, California to James Crowe and Alice George. He was raised in San Diego and began working as a music journalist when he was 15, later becoming a contributing editor for the music magazine Rolling Stone. His film career was launched at the age of 22 when he returned to high school to do research for a book called Fast Times at Ridgemont High, which would become successful as a film adaptation of the same n ...