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Creature Omens Generator · 5 tables
Bird Omens Inside Creature Omens d12 table · 12 entries
  1. Owls are unlucky birds; their hoarse and repellent voice is a bad omen and means coming disaster.
  2. The screeching of owls is supposed to foretell plague or other calamities.
  3. To have a raven fly into one’s bedroom foretells disaster.
  4. Robins are lucky birds, and it is bad to kill one.
  5. The cuckoo is a bird of bad omen if it enters one’s home.
  6. To hear a cuckoo cry in the woods is a good sign.
  7. It is a bad sign to have no money in your pocket when you hear the cuckoo’s first cry in spring.
  8. A white bird or a crow flying against a window by night foretells a death in the house within a year.
  9. A robin flying into the house brings good luck.
  10. Magpies are read by their number: one for sorrow, two for mirth, three for a wedding, four for a birth, five for silver, six for gold, seven a secret that dare not be told.
  11. It is unlucky to look into an owl’s nest.
  12. It is a bad omen to kill a swallow or a wren, or to take their eggs.
Insect Omens Inside Creature Omens d8 table · 8 entries
  1. It is unlucky to kill a spider; if you wish to thrive, let the spider stay alive.
  2. A spider’s web encountered on the road should not be disturbed.
  3. A little red ant crawling into the pocket brings money.
  4. Crickets are considered harbingers of luck, though in some countries the contrary is believed.
  5. To kill a red ant brings rain.
  6. Bees swarming on a house means that someone will die there.
  7. If you see a black snail, throw it over your head for luck.
  8. To kill a toad will make the bees swarm.
Bee Lore Inside Creature Omens d8 table · 8 entries
  1. When putting bees into a new hive, knock three times on the old hive and tell them, or they will sting you.
  2. If anyone dies in a house where bees are kept, they must be told, or they will stop gathering honey and die too.
  3. In some places the hives are turned around when a member of the family dies, otherwise the bees will also die.
  4. By watching the hives on Christmas Eve, people claim they can tell from the bees’ humming whether the holiday will be joyful.
  5. The size of the swarm and the behavior of the bees prophesy good or bad crops.
  6. If a hive of bees dies out, it is a sign of a coming bad harvest.
  7. To be stung by a bee, if not followed by swelling, is a sign of coming fortune.
  8. If three bees alight upon you at one time, your plans will meet with success.
Animal Portents Inside Creature Omens d12 table · 12 entries
  1. Rats leaving a house are believed to foretell death.
  2. A cow lowing three times in your face is believed to foretell death.
  3. A shrewmouse running over your foot is believed to foretell death.
  4. Goslings hatched in May bring no luck to the owner.
  5. It is unlucky to bid a price for an animal not for sale; the animal is apt to die within a month.
  6. To covet another’s beast will bring you bad luck.
  7. If a pig is killed while the moon is waning, it will be unprofitable and the bacon will shrink in the pot.
  8. A gray horse brings good luck; spit on the little finger and rub it on the horse, and money will come to you.
  9. If you see a young spring lamb with its head toward you, it means good fortune.
  10. It foretells bad luck if rats gnaw your clothing.
  11. A pig appearing to a traveler is a good sign; a sow with a litter denotes a successful trip.
  12. A hare crossing a traveler’s path is a sign of bad fortune, though a white hare is a good sign.
Dog And Cat Omens Inside Creature Omens d8 table · 8 entries
  1. The howling of dogs has always been considered a sign of coming disaster.
  2. The howling of dogs is believed to presage death, especially in houses where someone lies ill.
  3. When dogs tremble and wallow upon the earth, it is a sign of wind and storm.
  4. A black cat without a single white hair is lucky, particularly if it comes to you unsolicited.
  5. If you start out on new work or the hunt and a black cat crosses your path, you will be very lucky in the undertaking.
  6. If you try to coax a black cat to come and it runs away, you will be disappointed in your results.
  7. To kill a black cat is very unlucky and means misfortune for a year.
  8. The meowing of a black cat at midnight is a bad omen and foretells a death.