Boria Sax is lecturer in literature at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and is the founder of the organization Nature in Legend and Story (NILAS). He has published many books on images of animals in human culture including Animals in the Third Reich (2000) and The Mythical Zoo (2001).
Though people generally do not think of them in such terms, crows are remarkably graceful: from the tip of a crow's beak to the end of its tail is a single curve, which changes rhythmically as the crow turns its head or bends toward the ground. Foraging on their long, powerful legs, crows appear to glide over the earth; they take flight almost without effort, flapping their wings easily, ascending into the air like spirits. Nevertheless, the whiskers around their beaks and an apparent smile make crows, in a scruffy sort of way, endearingly 'human'. In a vast range of cultures from the Chinese to the Hopi Indians, crows are bearers of prophecy. Because of their courtship dances and monogamous unions, the Greeks invoked crows at weddings as symbols of conjugal love. Crows are among the most ubiquitous of birds, yet, without being in the least exotic, they remain mysterious. This book is a survey of crows, ravens, magpies and their relatives in myth, literature and life. It ranges from the raven sent out by Noah to the corvid deities of the Eskimo, to Taoist legends, Victorian novels and contemporary films. It will be of interest to all people who have ever been intrigued, puzzled, annoyed or charmed by these wonderfully intelligent birds.
嗜书,是一种瘾。日渐沉迷,而我不愿戒断。 有些书,端凝如长者;有些书,亲切如挚友;有些书,要在长久的相处中,才能觉得他的好;还有些书,第一眼,就意乱神迷。揭开面纱之后,他们袒露灵魂,有些渐次乏味,外在的妍丽无法支撑内在的干瘪;少有的几次幸运,那简直是,仿佛啜...
评分在唐代以前,乌鸦在中国民俗文化中是有吉祥和预言作用的神鸟,根据《山海经》等古籍的记述,中国远古时代太阳神话传说中的十日是帝俊与羲和的儿子,它们既有人与神的特征,又是金乌的化身,是长有三足的踆乌,会飞翔的太阳神鸟。如《山海经·大荒南经》中有“羲和者,帝俊之妻...
评分在唐代以前,乌鸦在中国民俗文化中是有吉祥和预言作用的神鸟,根据《山海经》等古籍的记述,中国远古时代太阳神话传说中的十日是帝俊与羲和的儿子,它们既有人与神的特征,又是金乌的化身,是长有三足的踆乌,会飞翔的太阳神鸟。如《山海经·大荒南经》中有“羲和者,帝俊之妻...
评分 评分时至今日,其实我们已经很少关注乌鸦了,不仅如此,大部分鸟儿进入我们的视野只是因为它们因为某件奇闻轶事登上了新闻头条,忙碌的现代人早已走出了自然崇拜,投入实用主义的洪流之中。一切自然事物不再具有神奇的魔力,而成了最常被忽视的日常背景。 乌鸦也不例外。 它们很少...
原来有很多人在倾心研究乌鸦哎……
评分原来有很多人在倾心研究乌鸦哎……
评分原来有很多人在倾心研究乌鸦哎……
评分原来有很多人在倾心研究乌鸦哎……
评分原来有很多人在倾心研究乌鸦哎……
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