BBC Radio 4 - Radio 4 in Four - Seven birds and their mysterious folklore
To have fur, to detect fast movements, to be afraid, to breathe underwater, to see in the dark, to carry precious stones, to be aerial, to make silver trails, to drink from the lake, to care for your offspring, to live in song, to play, to create micro crevices on the ground, to know death, to move with the moon, to cure with herbs, to be... See more
But vultures aren’t only a symbol of death and cannibalizing ancient wisdom. They also symbolize silence,”