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Augury was a Greco-Roman religion practice of observing the behavior of birds, to receive omens. When the individual, known as the augur, read these signs, it was referred to as "taking the auspices". "Auspices" (Latin: auspicium) means "looking at birds". Auspex, another word for augur, can be translated to "one who looks at birds". [1]
An oionos (omen) was defined in antiquity as the carnivorous vulture, especially a prophetic bird. By careful observation of the bird's cries and the way or direction it flew, the augurs attempted to predict the future. They also saw lightning or thunder as omens, sent from Zeus, and observed the direction in which they saw or heard them.
Horror films such as Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Don Taylor's Damien: Omen II feature ravens committing stylish, often gruesome murders. Ravens are used in the fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire to carry messages. There is also a character called the "Three-eyed Raven".
Phene ("vulture") Lammergeier: Zeus Phene, Periphas's wife, begged Zeus to let her stay with Periphas for all time and transform her as well after he had been changed into an eagle bird. Zeus honoured her wish and transformed her into a bearded vulture. That bird became a good omen for people, per Zeus's will. Philaeus: Dog bird (unidentified) Zeus
Ornithomancy (modern term from Greek ornis "bird" and manteia "divination"; in Ancient Greek: οἰωνίζομαι "take omens from the flight and cries of birds") is the practice of reading omens from the actions of birds followed in many ancient cultures including the Greeks, and is equivalent to the augury employed by the ancient Romans.
The American black vulture and the king vulture appear in a variety of Maya hieroglyphs in Mayan codices. The king vulture is commonly represented, with its glyph being easily distinguishable by the knob on the bird's beak and by the concentric circles that represent the bird's eyes. [ 55 ]
An "Arabian" vulture-god is mentioned by the Babylonian Talmud and the Doctrine of Addai. This "Arabia" may be Arbayistan. [17] The Talmud, Avodah Zarah 11b, reads: Ḥanan b. Ḥisda says that Abba b. Aybo says, and some say it was Ḥanan b. Rava who said that Abba b.
Char (voiced by Bob McFadden) is an alien garbage scavenger and blacksmith who encounters Snarf while he is bringing the Sword of Omen's pieces to Ben-Gali and attempts to take the Sword of Omens for himself. In "The Heritage", Char, along with WilyKit and WilyKat, fall under the evil influence of an evil golden orb, which is Mumm-Ra's lost ...