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  2. Crow religion - Wikipedia

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    Generally the Baaxpée a Crow wishes to attain through a vision quest is personal and specific to the individual. Before embarking upon the quest a Crow might visit a medicine man to help determine what type of Baaxpée would most aid them, and to go over the rites and prayers to ensure their endeavour follows the rituals. [14]

  3. Crow (Australian Aboriginal mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Crow, who had been waiting for this, gathered the coals up and hid them in a kangaroo skin bag. The women soon discovered the theft and chased him, but the bird simply flew out of their reach and perched at the top of a high tree. [1] Bunjil the Eaglehawk, who had seen all of this, asked Crow for some of the coals so that he could cook a possum ...

  4. List of Australian Aboriginal mythological figures - Wikipedia

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    Eingana (Jawoyn people) rainbow snake whose body during the rainy season releases animals and plants that the community relies on for food; Galeru, rainbow snake in Arnhem Land mythology who swallowed the Djanggawul; Garkain the Recluse, predatory being whose victim's souls are forced to forever wander the vast jungles of their final resting place

  5. Three-legged crow - Wikipedia

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    The sanzuwu in a disc representing the sun (top row: right) is one of the twelve ornaments which decorates the Imperial garments in China.. In Chinese mythology and culture, the three-legged crow is called the sanzuwu (simplified Chinese: 三足乌; traditional Chinese: 三足烏; pinyin: sān zú wū; Cantonese: sam 1 zuk 1 wu 1; Shanghainese: sae tsoh u) and is present in many myths.

  6. Cultural depictions of ravens - Wikipedia

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    The crow (sometimes a raven or vulture) is Shani's Vahana. As a protector of property, Shani is able to repress the thieving tendencies of these birds. Dhumavati, the widow goddess associated with strife and inauspiciousness, is depicted riding a crow or in a horseless chariot bearing an emblem of a crow.

  7. Animal worship - Wikipedia

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    Animal worship (also zoolatry or theriolatry) is an umbrella term designating religious or ritual practices involving animals. This includes the worship of animal deities or animal sacrifice . An animal 'cult' is formed when a species is taken to represent a religious figure. [ 1 ]

  8. Rabbit or crow? This mind-blowing optical illusion has the ...

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    The crow and rabbit photo causes confusion for a different reason. Still, for a full explanation — and for a definitive answer — we may need to wait to hear more from Quintana himself.

  9. Yatagarasu - Wikipedia

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    The crow is depicted on the Kumano Gyuuhoin, which was often used as an invocation before the early modern period. An ata is a unit of length, the length of the thumb and middle finger spread out (about 18 cm), and a yata is 144 cm, [ 6 ] but yata here simply means "large".