The wren
animal · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
the King-Bird · the wren · wren
spoken of as
1 expressionin the texts
Birds
The small bird designated by Pisthetaerus as the 'King-Bird,' to whom sacrifice must be made even before King Zeus.
if a goat is being slain for King Zeus, there is a King-Bird, the wren, to whom the sacrifice of a male gnat is due before Zeus himself even.
Rigveda
Small bird used as simile for trembling fear.
even so through the days the wren trembles.