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In ancient Greek and Roman religions, signs supposed to indicate good or bad fortune, for example the appearance of snakes or the flight of birds. Omens were interpreted by priests and priestesses.



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A CROW was jealous of the Raven, because he was considered a bird of good omen and always attracted the attention of men, who noted by his flight the good or evil course of future events.
I was now immeasurably alarmed, for I considered the vision either as an omen of my death, or, worse, as the fore-runner of an attack of mania.
It is a name of ill omen to the princes of the house of France.
 
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