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  2. Cultural depictions of ravens - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, ravens are associated with Apollo, the God of prophecy.They are said to be a symbol of bad luck, and were the gods’ messengers in the mortal world. According to the mythological narration, Apollo sent a white raven, or crow in some versions, to spy on his lover, Coroni

  3. 10 Birds and Their Shocking Symbolic Meanings

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    Seeing a crow may be an omen — typically a bad one, as the bird is commonly thought to symbolize death. ... Like crows, ravens are often associated with bad omens or death. But they are also ...

  4. Three crows - Wikipedia

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    Three crows in a tree. Three crows are a symbol or metaphor in several traditions.. Crows, and especially ravens, often feature in European legends or mythology as portents or harbingers of doom or death, because of their dark plumage, unnerving calls, and tendency to eat carrion.

  5. Huginn and Muninn - Wikipedia

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    Instead, Simek connects Huginn and Muninn with wider raven symbolism in the Germanic world, including the raven banner (described in English chronicles and Scandinavian sagas), a banner which was woven in a method that allowed it, when fluttering in the wind, to appear as if the raven depicted upon it was beating its wings.

  6. Ravens in Native American mythology - Wikipedia

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    While Raven tales tell the origins of human beings, they do not address the origins of organized society. In tales which mirror development and organization of Native American societies, the hero is often humanity itself. Raven tales do not offer a detailed picture about the social relations and realities of life. [2]: 395–397

  7. Miwok mythology - Wikipedia

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    The water finally receded. They were starving, they thought it was safe to come down and look for food but they sank into the mud and died. The ravens came to sit on the holes where the people died, one raven at each hole. The ravens turned into new people, the Miwok. [8]

  8. Symbols of death - Wikipedia

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    In Buddhism, the symbol of a wheel represents the perpetual cycle of death and rebirth that happens in samsara. [6] The symbol of a grave or tomb, especially one in a picturesque or unusual location, can be used to represent death, as in Nicolas Poussin's famous painting Et in Arcadia ego. Images of life in the afterlife are also symbols of death.

  9. Augury - Wikipedia

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    An augur with sacred chicken; he holds a lituus, the curved wand often used as a symbol of augury on Roman coins. Augury was a Greco-Roman religion practice of observing the behavior of birds, to receive omens. When the individual, known as the augur, read these signs, it was referred to as "taking the auspices".