The Symbolism Of The Crow
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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, ....
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.... his task he was punished for his disobedience and egotism; Apollo placed him in the constellations, but the hydra prevented him from drinking from the cup ; he is condemned to thirst.(ASCAR American Society for Crows and Raven)
In the Bible, the crow is sent by Noah to search earth for signs of life after the flood, But the crow never came back to tell Noah what he found, so he is considered selfish. Saint Goldwin thought that in Paradise, the crows had multicolored wings, but after ....
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