• If you look up birds in an encyclopaedia of superstitions, you¹ll find they feature prominently. With notable exceptions ­ the wren, for example, and the robin -- they speak of misfortune. If the owl calls your name, you¹re doomed; you¹re similarly doomed, among the Irish, if you have peacock feathers in your house. Pigeons settling on the roof are bad luck, wheeling gulls are the souls of drowned sailors, and when Europeans heard the first cuckoo of Spring, the number of notes it sang told the listener how many years remained until his death.

• The common mythological belief about a bird in the house, means a death in the family is coming. Silly superstition. chaCHA!!

•  Many peoples tie owls to death and witchcraft. Some Asians believed that the owl carried away the soul of the deceased. If an owl hooted in a Chinese village, the people thought it was telling them to dig a grave. In Europe, Sicilians believed that an owl sung around the house of a sick person for three days before death. Italians, Russians, Germans and Hungarians continue to regard owls as the bearers of deathly omens.

   

• 15 Myths About Wild Birds

• Bird in house: Hope that something interesting or new will enter ones life; a wish for new love; a new idea; an intuition or precognition; a new person or event entering your life; or something trapped in you that seeks freedom.

   

  Black or carrion birds: Because such birds often feed on dead animals, they have the association with death or news of death. This may not be connected with someone dying, but perhaps that some project, love or aspect of yourself is being left to die; feelings or fears about death. Or it could be about something you are unaware of but is on the edge of consciousness.

• Answer:
  Is it thought to be good luck if a bird flies into your house through an open window or door? ... Ok.What is the superstition about a bird flying through the front door of your house? Does it mean DEATH or Just bad luck. - read more

    

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  A wild bird flying into one's house is a portent of ill luck, possibly even death. ... Have heard the superstition that a bird flying into the house portends death. ...

• A myth is a story that is passed along through time from person to person. Myths are not just any old stories, but a stories with a purpose or lesson.

• A myth is a made-up story that explains the existence of a natural   phenomenon — such as where thunder comes from or why snow falls   from the sky. Myths — which often include gods and goddesses   and other supernatural characters who have the power to make extraordinary   things happen — are popular even when people know the actual   reasons for natural phenomena. Before you start writing your own   myths, try reading one that I've created! You can use it as a model   for your own work.

• What is myth? There is no one satisfactory definition, since myths serve many different purposes. The first purpose was to explain the inexplicable. Since the beginning of  humankind's existence, myths have functioned as rationalizations for the fundamental mysteries of life, questions such as: Who made the world? How will it end? Where do we come  from? Who was the first human? What happens when we die? Why does the sun travel across the sky each day? Why does the moon wax and wane? Why do we have annual agricultural  cycles and seasonal changes? Who controls our world, and how can we influence those beings so our lives are easier?

• A wild bird is defined as any bird of a species which is a resident or visitor to the European territory of any member state in a wild state.

• The different types of wild birds that occur throughout the North American continent display great diversity in their diets, habitats and behaviors. Some are skilled predators, able to kill easily and eat small mammals and insects.

• What is Superstition?

   

  According to Webster's dictionary, superstition is n. any belief that is   inconsistent with the known laws of science or with what is considered true   and rational; esp., such a belief in omens, the supernatural, etc.

• Owls

   

  If an owl looks in your window or if you seeing one in the daylight bad   luck and death will bestow you.

• Legend: A wild bird flying into one's house is a portent of ill luck, possibly even death.
   
   Origins: Most superstitions came into being during a time when what made the world tick was far more of a mystery than it is now. Our ancestors were quick to assign subtexts to events as one of the ways they tried to make sense of an existence that appeared frighteningly capricious and unpredictable. All manner of occurrences, both the mundane and the unusual, were subject to scrutiny and interpretation.
   
   Everyday things, such as the way fires burned or candles sputtered, were studied for their portents. But it was to out-of-the-ordinary events that special attention was paid, because these were believed to foretell the greatest shifts of fortune. Unusual incidents were understood as urgent messages falling directly from the lips of the gods.
   
   Strange behavior on the part of animals was cause for concern. A hen that took to crowing, for instance, heralded a death in the owner's family, as did the sudden howling of otherwise placid dogs or the midday crowing of a rooster. Wild birds that tried to get inside houses (whether they succeeded or not) were also seen as presaging deaths. A bird that flew in through an open window, circled the room or landed on the back of someone's chair, then flew back out was saying as clearly as an omen can that someone who lived in that dwelling was about to clutch the lily. Birds that hit glass windows were likewise trying to provide the same message, as did those who sat upon sills peering into rooms or tapping on the glass. Some placed no time limit on when the death was to take place; others said it would happen within the year.
  

• Are The Myths True About Bird In House = Death ?

   

  we had a robin in our house today i told my mom and she told me that a bird in house means death in family i am like so freaked out by that i just dont want to go to sleep and freak out when i hear a noise in my house has anyone ever had a bird in their house and didnt have no deaths?
• This is total rubbish! Don't take this serious what your mother told you. How can a beautiful bird that got lost in your house mean anything bad?!? Just relax and don't waste your energy and time with such nonsense and enjoy the time of the season!
• It is a myth, it is not true.. The myth is about a wild bird flying into your house and if you help it to escape unharmed all will be well. I used to raise birds and I have known people who even had pet crows, and they do make good pets, they are very Intelligent. It certainly is not a bad omen if a bird flys in your house to a house cat, it would think its prayers have been answered.
• Rest easy It is an old myth that has no basis for truth. Like black cats crossing your path, your nose growing longer when you tell a lie.
   Poor bird it just got confused and off track when it entered your house.
   
    A Robin you say? Chinese people say that for a Robin or swallow to enter your house brings good fortune. See how unlikely that these silly sayings are? Just relax and laugh it off and get the rest your body needs

    
• I've had a lot more birds get into the house than I have had deaths in the house. I've never had a human death in my house. That's ridiculous.
   This happens more when the young birds have just left the nest and they don't know their way around yet. A bird that strays into the house once is not likely to do it again.
• Don't listen to your mother. They say dumb stuff like drugs are bad, drugs are not bad, they are dangerous.
  
• We are not living in the dark ages...get over it..don't believe stupid superstitions. I you think about it logically you would have your answer and you would not be here asking. Don't believe everything you hear...have some common sense please!

    
• I heard that myth about bats in the house means death in the family but never about robin or other bird.
   
   They are just that myth and have no factual basis.

    
• Absolutely not that is just a dumb superstition, so no do not believe that. Unless you believe in magic.

    
• haha well I have two pet birds who permanently live inside the house. and no i'm not double dead.

    

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• Swallow: If a swallow flies through your house it is a sign of misfortune and ill health. If it flies by your window, all is well.

• Today a bird flew into our door window and I felt a shudder of supertitious fear. I recalled that when a bird flies into a house or hits the door or window that it could portend something terrible. In hoping that I was wrong, I began to search superstition sites and I found a great one that I would like to share. Haunted Hamilton is a great site that offers a list of different superstitions and even some background as to where they came from.

   

  So as for the bird, which was black, brown and white and recouperated after its hit and flew away, the superstitions are --

   
  • A bird that flies into a house foretells an important message. However, if the bird dies, or is white, this foretells death.
   
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    Signs of Impending Doom - Birds flying into a house or banging against the window.

• What does it mean when a bird enters your house?

• Birds assume a variety of roles in mythology and religion. They play a  central part in some creation myths and frequently appear as messengers of  the     deities.    They are often associated with the journey of the human soul after death.  Birds also appear as       tricksters      and     oracles.    Ravens and other species that feed on carrion, the flesh of the dead, may  be symbols of war, death, and misfortune, as well as     mediators    between humans and the supernatural world. Other birds represent  strength, love, and wisdom. 

• There is no one source of the 'bird flying into house equals death' wives' tale, but it is a common enough superstition nonetheless. In days gone by people were prone to look for many superstitious or mystical answers to every day questions, and some questions that were not so run of the mill (such as “why must my loved one die?”). When something out of the ordinary happened people were quick to ascribe to it some mystical significance, whether or not there was a logical, natural explanation to it.

  Any time a bird flies into a house it certainly is an unusual experience. Birds, being creatures of the outdoors and mainly shy of man to boot, do not typically try to get inside a dwelling. Some may get confused, thanks to an expertly cleaned glass window and give itself a braining on a house. Others may land on a handy window ledge and peck at its own reflection out of curiosity. As for a bird flying in through an open window, taking a break on a chair back, and then leaving, who knows? But it certainly is behaviour convenient to attach a sense of a message being delivered.