A review by quodfelix
Flights of Fancy: Birds in Myth, Legend and Superstition by Peter Tate

3.0

Suitable for reading in small bits, this is a curiosity satisfier. What strange myths and stories have grown up around our friends the birds! The author has culled from cultures around the world and through lots of time to find these associations. Some of them are remarkably similar and others quite different, even opposite. Are owls good omens or bad? Depends on who you speak to. I had hoped for more storytelling and longer narratives, but this is not this book. Nevertheless, I’ll keep this one on my shelf for future reference.