Show THE WHY of superstitions by H kinq CROWS CHOWS BIRDS OF ILL OMEN TUB 1110 raven and the crow are so nearly related that they are frequently called by the same name and for all superstitious purposes are one bird in all parts of at the world from time immemorial the crow or raven has been regarded with a superstitious dread the australian aborigine abort gina the american indian the german peasant the farmer or of old england and of new england hear la in his bla raucous voice a warning of death or misfortune this athla univ universal eisal superstition with re gard to the crow can evidently have Its origin to in no mythological ass association ocla the various and widely separated races which entertain it prove prova that it springs entirely from the physical characteristics of the bird its black gloomy color and its harsh harah all and d threatening voice characteristics naturally calculated to inspire the with a sense of foreboding added to this Is the crowle browa character as a crop det destroyer troyer and his bis general actions as 03 it if he be were an enemy of man the superstition Is merely one arising from an association of ideas with facts apparently symbolic ot of those ideas a process natural to the primitive mind now and always it Is true that in norte norse mythology the raven was the attendant bird of odle odin and ravens flew screaming before b him tal when tile the god went forth to war but ba t the assignment to this position was entirely on account ot ct those characteristics te which in lands that never knew odin made mada the crow a burble ger of evil to the superstitions XO by mcclure |