How birds inspired the ancient world

Artwork: Catherine Masters

‘Across cultures, perhaps the most common mythic role played by birds was intermediary between the material world on earth and the spirit world of the heavens’. Ben H Gagnon

As we go about our daily lives, we always find ourselves accompanied by birds. They’re always there, in the skies, on the waters and in the trees, in our gardens, our cities and the countryside. So much so, that we often simply…