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Birds & Herbs
Birds & Associated Herbs
When using bird magick or bird totems,
having associated herbs can come in very handy
for charm bags, annointing, etc..
Albatross- thrift, artemesia
Blackbird- pokeweed, dandelion, reed
Bluebird- vervain, ash
Cardinal- bayberry, rose
Chickadee- thistle
Condor- marjoram, chamomile, cinquefoil
Crane- reed, lavendar
Crow- walnut, oak
Dove- rose, cinnamon
Duck- dandelion, lavendar
Eagle- horehound, lavendar, bay
Finch- thistle, holly
Flamingo- lemon verbena, sage, orchid
Goose- ginger, hyssop
Hawk- chamomile, ginseng, cinnamon, vervain
Lark- meadowsweet, willow, magnolia
Mockingbird- lavendar, cinquefoil, solomon's seal
Nightingale- catnip, jasmine, rose, moonflower
Oriole- pomegranate
Ostrich- rosemary, horehound, pokeweed
Owl- sage, oak
Parrot- bayberry, rosemary, Queen Anne's lace
Quail- caraway, boneset, sage
Sparrow- chamomile, blackberry
Swallow- celandine, grasses, bayberry
Sources Used for "Bird Lore" Pages
Andrews, Ted. Animal Speak. 1993: Llewellyn Publications,
St. Paul, Minnesota. ISBN: 0-87542-028-1
Cunningham, Scott. Magical Herbalism. 1982: Llewellyn Publications,
St. Paul, Minnesota. ISBN: 0-87542-120-2
Martin, Laura C..The Folklore of Birds. 1993: The Globe Pequot Press,
Old Saybrook, Connecticut. ISBN: 1-56440-216-9 (HC)
ISBN: 1-56440-872-8 (Paper)
Roderick, Timothy. The Once Unknown Familiar. 1994:
Llewellyn Publications, St. Paul, Minnesota.
ISBN: 0-87542-439-2
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