num_pages: 184
description: Though not generally perceived as graceful crows are remarkably soa single curve undulates from the tip of the birds 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 Saxs 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: English
title: Crow
publisher: Reaktion Books