Crow Lore

In Roman mythology crows used to be somewhat like white swans. A white crow watched over Apollo's pregnant lover. One day the crow came and brought bad news to Apollo and was turned black.

In China a three-legged sun crow was worshiped. It was the symbol of solitude.

The Athapaskan Indians of Alaska had a crow associated with creation.

In Biblical lore, the prophet Elijah was fed by crows while hiding in the wilderness.

Norse tradition has the crow or ravens as messengers for Odin.

The Crow was an emblem of the Celtic goddess Morrigan.

Romans regarded the crow as a symbol of the future because it cries Cras, Cras (tomorrow, tomorrow).

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.