From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #6801 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Monday, May 27 2002 Volume 14 : Number 6801 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [OMG] eBooks in under 60 seconds?! ["EBook Creator" Subject: [OMG] eBooks in under 60 seconds?! [OMG] eBooks in under 60 seconds?! http://americanrecovery.us/Tp-0tkGEiiXGbNCpJdRqDDbCyxcloTh8n6swrsD55dekpilf http://americanrecovery.us/pg565EAtgaEoafwjf27tc34oZdKhMveTc9sGQ_AxYnhTQDXq ured in culture and art since prehistoric times, when they were represented in early cave paintings. Some birds have been perceived as monsters, including the mythological Roc and the M?ori's legendary Pou?kai, a giant bird capable of snatching humans. Birds were later used as symbols of power, as in the magnificent Peacock Throne of the Mughal and Persian emperors. With the advent of scientific interest in birds, many paintings of birds were commissioned for books. Among the most famous of these bird artists was John James Audubon, whose paintings of North American birds were a great commercial success in Europe and who later lent his name to the National Audubon Society. Birds are also important figures in poetry; for example, Homer incorporated nightingales into his Odyssey, and Catullus used a sparrow as an erotic symbol in his Catullus 2. The relationship between an albatross and a sailor is the central theme of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, which led to the use of the term as a metaphor for a 'burden'. Other English metaphors derive from birds; vulture funds and vulture investors, for instance, take their name from the scavenging vulture. Perceptions of bird species vary across cultures. Owls are associated with bad luck, witchcraft, and death in parts of Africa, but are regarded as wise across much of Europe. Hoopoes were considered sacred in Ancient Egypt and symbols of virtue in Persia, but were thought of as thieves across much of Europe and harbingers of war in Scandinavia. In heraldry, birds, especially eagles, often appear in coats of arms. In music Main article: Birds in music In music, birdsong has influenced composers and musicians in several ways: they can be inspir ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #6801 **********************************************