THE CROW AND THE PITCHER
A Crow, ready to die with thirst, flew with joy to a Pitcher hoping to find some water in it. He found some there to e sure,
but only a little drop at the bottom, which he was quite unable to reach. He then tried to overturn the Pitcher, but it was too
heavy. So he gathered up some pebbles, with which the ground near was covered, and, taking them one by one in his beak,
dropped them into the Pitcher. By this means the water gradually reached the top, and he was able to drink at his ease.
- Aesop's Fables
THE DOVE AND THE CROW
A Dove shut up in a cage was boasting of the large number of young ones she had hatched. A Crow hearing her, said, "My
good friend, refrain from this ridiculous boasting. The larger the number of your family, the greater cause you have for
sorrow in seeing them shut up in this prison-house.
THE GODDESS AND CROWS
The crow along with the raven and vulture were northern Europe's symbol of the Death-goddess.
Valkyries ( said to be man-eating women) used the crow as a totem.
A Danish myth told of a witch named Krake (Crow), daughter of the Valkyrie Brunnhilde. Krake was
a shape-shifter; sometimes a beautiful virgin, other times a hag, and still other times a monster or crow.
Perhaps the reason for the Goddess to appear as a crow might be linked with Coronis, "Crow" a death
aspect of the pre-Hellenic earth mother Rhea.
Because of its color, black, it represents darkness, the maternal night. Creative power and spiritual
strength found through the Crone aspect. Among many ancient cultures the crow was said to have mystic
powers of foresight.
The Crow shares with the vulture carrion-eating tendencies and thus shares many points of identification
with the Goddess-as-Crone.
The crone Coronis, was a "crow" who was transformed into the virgin mother of the physician-god
Asclepius; but in other forms appeared in myths as harbingers of the hero's death. The Goddess Badb
transformed herself into a crow, "Badb Catha", to confront the Celtic hero Cu Chulainn and thereby
announced his doom. And as said before Anglo-Danish version of the fateful Goddess was named Krake.
"Crow", although she assumed human form long enough to become the mother of Siguard.
IF YOU SEE A CROW...
ONE CROW =
Regrets,
A warning,
Suffering
TWO CROWS =
Happiness
THREE CROWS =
Pure love or marriage,
Devotion and happy love
FOUR CROWS =
A baby
FIVE CROWS =
Money
SIX CROWS =
Trouble,
Turmoil,
Difficulties
SEVEN CROWS =
A Journey
EIGHT CROWS =
Grief,
Evil
NINE CROWS =
Sorrow
ELEVEN CROWS =
Love
Twelve Crows =
New Beginnings
SYMBOLS OF THE CROW
The symbol known as crow's foot also called the Witch's Foot, carried dire meanings, Medieval
superstition claimed that witches used crow's feet to cast death spells. The facial wrinkles known as crow's
feet were probably so named because they were associated with old age and its implication of approaching
death.