Table of Contents Preface Introduction 1. Living in Black and White ® Field Notes: Black Feathers v How the Crow Came to Be Black v The Raven and the Loon v Wohpekumeu and Crow v Wak and the Raven v The Crane and the Crow v Why Crow Is Black and Men Find Precious Stones in the Earth v The Crow and the Soap v Raven and the Fear of Growing White ® A Bird Artist: Edward Lear 2. A Creator ® Field Notes: Tool Use v The Beginning v How the Earth Was Made and How ­Wood-Chips Became Walrus v Light Comes to Mankind v The Origin of the Raven and the Macaw, Totems of Winter and Summer v Why the Tides Ebb and Flow v Doru the Birdman v Crow Blacker than Ever 3. ­Sky-Bound ® Field Notes: Aerial Abilities v The Sun, the Moon, and Crow Crowson v A Living Corpse v The Origin of Daylight v The Bringing of the Light by Raven v Crow That Saved the Sun v The Great Archer Yi Shoots Down Nine Suns v What the Crow Said 4. Language and Song ® Field Notes: Vocalizations ® A Bird Artist: Kawanabe Kyosai v Let Us Do Justice to the Raven v Conference of the Ravens v Raven Language v Do You Understand Ravenish? v Cries of the Raven v Varegan: The Voice of Heaven v Crow Goes Hunting 5. The Messenger ® Field Notes: Roosts v Preface to the Table of Divination v The Kunbis v Ghost Dance Songs v Raven and the Flood v Shoot Arrows into the ­Geomungo-Case v Apollo''s Raven v Song of the Owl God 6. A Closeness with Death ® Field Notes: Awareness of Death v The Raven Teaches the Man v Crow Flying v Hugin and Munin, Odin''s Ravens v The Dream of Rhonabwy v The Death of Cuchulainn v The Tengu Rescue Tametomo v Mortal Men v ­N's-Ca''­kî-Yêl v Crow Makes a Woman [and Initiates Death] 7. Magic and Medicine ® Field Notes: Caching ® The Witch of the West v A Shaman''s Magic Words v Word Charm v Mide ­Picture-Song #8 v Raven Magic v The ­Raven-Stone v Come, Raven! v The Battle of the Birds v A Crow''s Magic v Crow Falls in Love with His ­Mother-in-Law ® A Bird Artist: Jamie Wyeth 8.

 Among the Animals v Raven and Bear (a Tahltan tale) v Raven and Bear (an occurrence) ® Field Notes: Kleptoparasitic Foraging v Brotherhood v The Fox and the Crow (Rev. Thomas James) v The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven v The Fox and the Crow (James Thurber) 9. Sustenance ® Field Notes: A Place Within the Ecosystem ® A Bird Artist: Lilian Marguerite Medland v Rhodian Crow Song v Saint Paul and the Raven v The Theft of Pine Nuts v Why Crow Has the Right to the First Corn v The First Corn v How the Kamilaroi Acquired Fire v The Raven and the Star Fruit Tree 10. Transformation ® Field Notes: From Newly Hatched to Adult Bird ® A Bird Artist: Leonard Baskin v A-Ni''äne''thahi''nani''na Nisa''na v Raven Meets Man v The Little Crow v The Crow v The Story as Told by Cornix v The Man Who Was Changed Into a Crow v Tempo 11. In Ceremony and Performance ® The Crow Has Given Me the Signal ® Field Notes: Courtship v Raven Dance v Calling the Medicine Poison v Angwusnasomtaqa, Crow Mother Kachina v The Raven Crown v Song of Kararat (Carrion Crow Goddess) v Crow Two: A Ceremonial Opera 12. With the Modern Human ® Field Notes: Adaptation to a Changing Environment v The Crow v Night Crow v Study for Three Muses v If You Want to Know More About the Raven v Raven on Bowl v Crows (Doug Anderson) v The Business of Ravens v Ravens v Crows (Cao Wenxuan) v Ravens Are the Birds I''ll Miss Most. v Solomon Gursky Was Here v Tartan Pants Epilogue Text Sources Chapter Notes Bibliography Index.