What is the superstition with crows?

Yes you're right it is Ravens, supposedly they carry the soul of King Arthur and he watches over the tower. Used to love goin there as a nipper

The death metal band "Slipknot" had an experience with a murder of crows, one night after a show they were all driving home a road at night, they had to stop because they said there was tens of thousands of crows on the road as far as their lights would let them see, i think they let their horn go off and it scared them all off...or something like that...when they all flew away there was one dead one left on the road, one of the drummers -Shaun Crohan, put it into a jar and kept it.

Fun Fact!

Crows will often be seen rolling around in the dirt of an ant hill. The reason for this bizarre habit is because the ants will crawl into the crow's feathers and clean and it's the bird's skin.

Hello, All,
I am wondering, with regard to the Native American symbolisms for crow, where one can find specifics on the Cherokee outlook toward crow and raven, please?
many thanks,
Shira D. (Universal healthCare Cantaora)

My encounter with crows is a bit different. My dad passed away a few months ago and I missed him so very much. before he died I told him never to forget me (don't know I said that) and after that I prayed for him to show me a sign to know its him and for some reason, I believe it's a crow and here's why.

The night before he was buried, I dreamed he came to me asking me to take note of the birds on his grave and the next day (I was too tired to stay fir the burial) when my brothers came back with pictures of the funeral, there were two crows on the grave! i believe one was my mum - she too had passed away.

I am pregnant and the morning of my ultrasound to detect the gender, a crow landed on a tree closest to my bedroom window and crowed non-stop for more than 4 minutes. I shooed it away but it stayed so I said "Dad if it's you, crow twice and stop" and it did! Then I said "if this baby is going to boy, crow once", and it did! Yes, it is a boy as I found out later that morning.

I do groceries a lot and this time, I had my car full of grocery with no help, so this crow flew down next to the trunk of my car and I yelled out of frustration "Stop staring at me, go gt help!" and behold, it flew away only to return seconds later with another crow!!

Another incident was that a crow flew to that tree next to my window I had mentioned before and crowed again for quite a long time and wouldn't go no matter what I did, and that same night there was a huge storm and that tree was struck by lightening and was brought down. I haven't seen or heard that crow every since. It used to be like twice a week I'd see the crow but not ever since that tree was brought down...

It is really scary just thinking of it, and I really don't know what to make of all these.... can someone help me out there please? Should I be scared or comforted? HELP!!

I read a book about native american symbolism and language years ago. I remember the Raven was called Wigit and meant trickster and I think it was used as a totem symbol but I'm not sure what tribe that was and I've tried looking it up since but to no avail. Sounds good though so I've kept it as my user name on various sites since.

I like these big black birds. Did you know they stay together as couples for years and years? I think it was movies like The Birds and The Omen that made us modern day folk feel suspicious of them.

See the links posted earlier by Pisky. Here's the last verse of The Crow. I'd take comfort from it.

They are symbols of creation and spiritual strength.
Look for opportunities to create and manifest the magic of life.
Crows are messengers calling to us
about the creation and magic that is alive in the world today
and available to us.






[edit on 14-9-2007 by wigit]

Hows this

Friday the 13th, I come downstairs to open my study door (has chimney)
and two massive crows (maybe Ravens) are trying frantically to escape.
I opened the fron and back door and eventually (after alot of panicing on my belhalf) they escaped.

I have done some research and two crows is supposed to symobolise joy or two people seperating.

Any views as this has freaked me out - It doesnt happen every day put it that way.

Mose

Here is a small list at this link

It seems nothing good comes from crows and ravens. They are pitch black and eat dead things, so maybe it is just a natural reaction. I like them, so I am not a believer in these folk tales personally.

Recently, a black crow swooped down and settled on my head, as I was going into the airport. A man had to beat it off of me. I could feel its sharp claws digging into my scalp. It was a negative experience, since I'd just been in a roll-over accident ten days before. I went on my trip anyway, but I have thought much about the crow, and I wonder if the Indians might place a meaning on this happening.

Thank you,

I was looking at this website (by the way, I'm 1/8 Cherokee, but I do not follow any customs) because I noticed that while I was walking outside this morning, that there were at least 40-50 ravens (or crows) flying over my house. If it makes any difference to anyone, they were flying from the North and they looked like they were headed Southeast. Does anyone know if this has any significant meaning? Thanks to anyone who replies.

Melissa