Animal Guidance Series: Turkey Medicine

Welcome back to our spiritual animal series A through Z, where we are exploring the symbolism, characteristics and folklore of various animals. Today's episode is about the turkey, who in the 1500s was brought back from the Americas to Europe, Mexico and Asia. So it is native to North America. Native Americans domesticated the turkey as early as 2000 years ago. Overall, the turkey symbolizes vitality, fertility, protection, strain, bounty, community, generosity, resourcefulness and pride. To the Native American culture, turkeys are seen of great value and significance, symbolizing life, Earth riches, ample crops, and big families. The turkey feather is still used in ceremonies today. For protection, and to guard against evil. Turkeys were often given as gifts from one tribe to another. Today in America, the turkey is still a sign of abundance and Thanksgiving, as many share a traditional holiday feast of Turkey. In Mexico, the turkey is often portrayed in their artwork as a symbol of growth and lifeforce energy. Black and white feathers, interestingly enough, symbolizes clouds and rain to nourish the crops. The turkey is considered a New World Bird, and is not mentioned in the Bible, or mythology. Turkeys can weigh an average of about 30 pounds, with an average wingspan of five feet. The world's largest Turkey was named Tyson and weighed in at an amazing 86 pounds. They are very social animals that can recognize each other by their voices. Even though they don't have external ears, they have excellent hearing. They can see in color, with a field of day vision for almost 100 yards. Many people don't realize it but turkeys can swim. They are intelligent, curious and playful animals. They usually prefer to walk rather than fly, and they can reach a speed of 25 miles per hour on land, or 55 miles per hour in the air. Turkey spends most of their time on the ground, but when it's time to sleep, they fly up in a tree. This protects them from predators dusk to dawn, especially since they have very poor night vision. During the day, though, the turkeys have three times better eyesight than humans. The sex of a turkey is determined by checking their droppings and females poop is spiral shaped and a males resembles the letter J. It is fun to note that in a letter to his daughter, Benjamin Franklin called the turkey a quote “much more respectable bird. “Then the Eagle,” a bird of courage and a true original native of America.” Even though the turkey is a New World Bird, it was named after the country Turkey. Historians assume that the British explorers named Turkey because at that time, anything rather exotic was named Turkish… Turkish rugs or Turkish flour. Male turkeys fan out their colorful tail feathers and dance to woo the females during mating season. Like other species, they become aggressive when other males get close. But normally a turkey is not aggressive. I didn't know this but a turkey's head can change color, depending on how it is feeling. (Kind of like the mood rings of today.) The most common colors are red, blue and white. The more intense the color, the stronger the emotion the turkey is feeling. So call this interesting bird into your life. Call in Turkey medicine for our community protection or bring curiosity in your life.” Call IT in With Dar!” Transcribed by https://otter.ai