Evil Dead Crow eating Rat
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Crows are omnivorous, and their diet is very diverse. They will eat almost anything, including other birds, fruits, nuts, mollusks, earthworms, seeds, frogs, eggs, nestlings, mice and carrion. The origin of placing scarecrows in grain fields resulted from the crow's incessant damaging and scavenging, although crows assist farmers by eating insects otherwise attracted to their crops
In Irish mythology, crows are associated with Morrigan, the goddess of war and death.[40]
The god Bran the Blessed -whose name means 'crow' or 'raven'- is associated with corvids and death; tradition holds that Bran's severed head is buried under the Tower of London, facing France- a possible genesis for the practice of keeping ravens in the Tower, said to protect the fortunes of Britain. In Cornish folklore, crows -magpies particularly- are associated with death and the 'otherworld', and proscribes respectful greeting. The origin of 'counting crows' as augury is British; however, the British version rather is to 'count magpies' -- their black and white pied colouring alluding to the realms of the living and dead.