Birds with human souls : a guide to bird symbolism

By:

Rowland, Beryl

Material type: Text

TextKnoxville, TN University of Tennessee Press c1978Edition: 1st edDescription: xvii, 213p.; ill.; bibliog. notes; bibliog.; indexContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0-87049-215-2

Subject(s):

Birds--Symbolic aspects

LOC classification:

GR735 .R68

Abstract: 'The symbolic values of some birds are self-explanatory: the watchful old owl in the oak tree looks wise, the thieving magpie is an inveterate pilferer,and the black raven with its raucous cry must be a bird of ill omen. Yet when we learn that the parrot is an alcoholic, that the goldfinch is the favorite bird of the Christ child in Italian paintings, and that the ostrich eats iron nails or horseshoes, we need an explanation that our knowledge of real birds cannot give us. Beryl Rowland's book, by describing the origins and meanings of bird symbols, provides that explanation.'

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'The symbolic values of some birds are self-explanatory: the watchful old owl in the oak tree looks wise, the thieving magpie is an inveterate pilferer,and the black raven with its raucous cry must be a bird of ill omen. Yet when we learn that the parrot is an alcoholic, that the goldfinch is the favorite bird of the Christ child in Italian paintings, and that the ostrich eats iron nails or horseshoes, we need an explanation that our knowledge of real birds cannot give us. Beryl Rowland's book, by describing the origins and meanings of bird symbols, provides that explanation.'

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