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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Breton folklore holds that storm petrels are the spirits of sea-captains who mistreated their crew, doomed to spend...
Breton folklore holds that storm petrels are the spirits of sea-captains who mistreated their crew, doomed to spend eternity flying over the sea, and they are also held to be the souls of drowned sailors. A sailing superstition holds that the appearance of a storm petrel foretells bad weather. Intelligence circles have adopted the term Storm Petrel to define those who warn others about coming "storms," such as impending direct action or revolution.
hmmm I read this last night, and then again this morning. I like the imagery that it conjures.
ReplyDeletetoo bad stormpetrel.com is taken.
I certainly checked that too! ;-)
ReplyDeleteWant imagery? Check the poem:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Song_of_the_Stormy_Petrel