Rain Bird (legend)

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The Rain Bird in Native American legend was a bird who brought rain. The Rain Bird was known by coastal Native Americans as the bringer of life. The reason behind it was that Rain, or the bringer of life, brought life to the coastal Natives by watering their plants, thus giving food and water to the animals they hunted; it controls everything from the sky and is father of the sky children. The Rain Bird is one of the most common designs on Pueblo pottery made by, for example, the Hopi and Zuni.^[1][2]

Possible scientific interpretations[]

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The Rain Bird is also referred to as the thunderbird, which in turn has the body and physiology of the Argentine bird and the extinct Argentavis. The genus Argentavis is directly related to the California condor and is part of the Teratornithidae family of birds, which shares DNA with emus, ostriches and the largest living bird, the wandering albatross. In 2014, a thunderbird feather was found on a reservation in Arizona and four species of bird DNA were found.^{[citation needed]}

Other uses[]

The name was appropriated by the Rain Bird Corporation to name their irrigation sprinkler.

See also[]

• Lightning bird
• List of legendary birds
• Shangyang (rainbird) – Mythological Chinese rainbird

References[]

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