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Weather vane

A weather vane, wind vane, or weathercock is an instrument for showing the direction of the wind. They are typically used as an architectural ornament to the highest point of a building.

Although partly functional, weather vanes are generally decorative, often featuring the traditional cockerel design with letters indicating the points of the compass. Other common motifs include ships, arrows and horses. Not all weather vanes have pointers.

The word 'vane' comes from the Old English word fana meaning 'flag'.

History

The Tower of the Winds on the ancient Greek agora in Athens once bore on its roof a wind vane in the form of a bronze Triton holding a rod in his outstretched hand, rotating as the wind changed direction. Below, the frieze was adorned with the eight wind deities. The eight metre high structure also featured sundials, and a water clock inside dates from around 50 BC.

Pope Gregory I said that the cock (rooster) "was the most suitable emblem of Christianity", being "the emblem of St Peter". Some say that it was as a result of this that the cock began gradually to be used as a weather vane on church steeples, and some add that in the 9th century Pope Nicholas I ordered the figure to be placed on every church steeple. and it is known that Pope Leo IV did have it placed on the Old St. Peter's Basilica or old Constantinian basilica even before Nicholas I was Pope. Alternative theories about the origin of weathercocks on church steeples are that it was an emblem of the vigilance of the clergy calling the people to prayer, that it was derived from the Goths and is only possibly a Christian symbol, and that it is an emblem of the sun.

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Weathervane

by Shannon McNally
Weathervane

by Kris Delmhorst
Weathervane

by Michael Schenker Group

Weathervane

by: Shannon McNally

As I walked through the valley of the shadow of death
i come across a man
his feet were planted in the ground he had his hat in
his hand.
He said, “hey lovely lady won't you linger long
and tell me a tale of love songs so sweet and evil
that's failed.”
For i've stood here so long a weathervane of song
holding down the spike waiting for lightening to
strike.
My eyes fell so low they hit the ground, I mumbled my
name.
He said, “girl raise your eyes, look at me, don't be
afraid.
It's all in your mind it's only my skin that they took
I lived this life of loss for you, you've got to at
least read the book.”
For oh i've stood here so long a weathervane of song
holding down the spike waiting for lightening to
strike.
He said,” hey lovely lady what was it
brought you through my valley floor
all the mornings come and gone you never been here
before.
Ain't nobody made a roadmap would lead you here
there are sign posts everywhere but they ain't very
clear.”
Well I lfollowed myself through the wind, through the
rain
beyond all that stuff other side of the grave,
I walked and I walked till I felt no pain,
till I felt no shame, till I figured the game.
now I'm gonna stand here so long a weathervane of song

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