As a mariner, anyone who has sailed the Southern Oceans will recall their majestic moment on seeing their first Albatross. Regularly welcoming the monotonous empty ocean skyline being broken by their aerobatics and size. They will often accompany a vessel for days at a time and yes, superstitious sailors still view being followed by an albatross as a sign of good fortune.
The word albatross is sometimes used metaphorically to mean a psychological burden that feels like a curse. It is an allusion to Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798). In the poem, an albatross starts to follow a ship — being followed by an albatross was considered a sign of good luck. However, the ancient mariner shoots the albatross with a crossbow, which was regarded as an act that cursed the ship
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