Barn stars are more than just decoration, they have a special...Crows and stars in primitive decor!

I love the primitive/country style but it's hard to find a meaning to the crow and star motifs that are so prevalent in the style.

I think they are ravens, and I don't think that would be a crow.It's just a guess.

Black birds get mixed reviews around here.This is a crazy place.I am going to leave that one.

There are a lot of crow representations in online shops, but they can't tell me where the inspiration comes from.

The old iron stars are used to anchor the chimneys to the houses on long rods.

The Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore is available in the library.

If they fly low over the roof of a house, they are considered to be omens of death.It was said that when one crow is seen, it is a sign of bad luck.

The Oxford Dictionary of Celtic Mythology is in the library.

The several species of the large, boisterous bird with glossy black plumage (genus Corvus) are often Celtic narratives and have associations with war and death.Irish goddesses Badb,Mrrgan, and Macha are associated with the hooded or grey crow.Mrrgan takes the form of a hooded crow when she perches on the Cchulainn.The Continental patroness of battle was the crow-goddess Cathubodua.Cornu, a great black bird that may or may not have been a crow, was sent to St Patrick's Purgatory.brn means crow, the Irish Fuinche means scald-crow, and Morfran means great crow.The killing of a crow in winter, the spilling of blood on the snow, and the black-white-red theme that sends lovers to their destinations.Irish for crow is préachn or feanng.Scottish Gaelic for crow is feannag.

Columbia Encyclopediacrow is a partially migratory black bird of the same family as the r...intelligent of all birds.They can learn to mimic human sounds.The New Ca...Chordata is a subphylum of the family Corvidae.

The library has an Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology.

A crow's cawing is said to be a sign of evil.The weather is said to be affected if a crow croaks an odd number of times.

I love the primitive/country style but it's hard to find a meaning to the crow and star motifs that are so prevalent in the style...

In primitive/country Americana art, like what Warren Kimble does, the style is simplified with emphasize on easily recognizable shapes and colors, all with an early American country theme.Farm animals include roosters, cows, horses and sheep.The crow is a simple and easily recognizable form that is used quite a bit.

The star is a basic shape but has strong ties to the original 13 colonies of America and it makes me think of the Revolutionary and Federalist periods.

I've been told that the star and crow are just good luck charms.The meaning of the star is said to be different depending on the colour.

I'm happy to have my curiosity satisfied, and just finished my first metal project with a star and crow theme.

A friend of mine who owns a small shop in Vermont told me that the crow is to represent the past and the future.

When I retired and moved to Massachusetts, I noticed that many of the older homes there were adorned with metal stars.?

In Massachusetts, a Pineapple is meant to welcome friends and visitors.

Load spreading rods were used with the stars.I heard that a big single letters would be used in place of a metal star to show ownership of the property to those passing by.

The tulip symbol that I painted on a chest of drawers was from an early American designs book.