Crow
Crow obtained mythic status because they are mediator animals between life and death, according to a structuralist theory proposed by Claude Lévi-Strauss.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 2020 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Legends relating to Crow have been observed in various Aboriginal language groups and cultures across Australia.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Pan, Silenus, Apis, Dagon, Mnevis, White Elephant, Ljesche, Bijagos, Djurt-djurt, Thara, Kurok-goru, Coyote, satyr, Fauns, Atargatis, Dionysus
- manifested by
- Corone, Psychopomp, Shani's vahana
- allied with
- Swamp Hawk
Mentioned by
Sources
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist proposed a structuralist theory that suggests that Coyote and Crow obtained mythic status because they are mediator animals between life and death.”
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“however they were ultimately tricked into giving up their secret by Crow. After burying a number of snakes in an ant mound, Crow called the Karatgurk women over, telling them that he had discovered ant larvae which were tastier than yams.”
#31289 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In another legend, Crow was travelling down the Murray River when he met Swamp Hawk. Deciding to play a trick on the other bird, he planted echidna quills in the deserted nest of a kangaroo rat and enticed Swamp Hawk to jump on them.”
#31530 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The crow is the chief deity of the Thlinkit Indians of N.W. America; and all over that region it is the chief figure in a group of myths, fulfilling the office of a culture hero who brings the light, gives fire to mankind, &c.”
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