Ravens, Crows, & birds of ill omen seem to be quite prevalent in the field of literature. They've been used as symbols and metaphors in many famous works, including Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem, The Raven. Whether it is the brooding gothic aspect of the Raven, or the Native Trickster figure getting into mischief, people are charmed by these dark birds. Browse through the following and see ...

The Phoenix Bird by Hans Christian Andersen (1850) N the Garden of Paradise, beneath the Tree of Knowledge, bloomed a rose bush. Here, in the first rose, a bird was born. His flight was like the flashing of light, his plumage was beauteous, and his song ravishing. But when Eve plucked the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, when she and Adam were driven from Paradise, there fell ...