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
The Hopi are Native Americans who primarily live in northeastern Arizona. The majority are enrolled in the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona; however, some Hopi people are enrolled in the Colorado ...
and
Zuni.
Other uses
The name was taken by the
Rain Bird Corporation to name their irrigation sprinkler.
See also
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Lightning bird
The lightning bird or impundulu or thekwane (or izulu, inyoni yezulu) is a creature in the folklore of the Zulu people.
The impundulu (which translates as "lightning bird") takes the form of a black and white bird, the size of a person, which is ...
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List of legendary birds
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References
Legendary creatures of the indigenous peoples of North America
Legendary birds
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