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  • I noticed other things: None of them wore traditional badges of honor—swan-feather plumes or miniature white arrows—in their hair.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • Her hair, combed glossy, hung in raven waves over a white swan-feather cloak.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • I noticed other things: None of them wore traditional badges of honor—swan-feather plumes or miniature white arrows—in their hair.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • Her hair, combed glossy, hung in raven waves over a white swan-feather cloak.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • At the top, the Cofitachequi mico waited in all her finery; swan-feather splays at each shoulder accented a striking white fabric dress adorned with pearls and bits of mica that glittered in the light.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • At the top, the Cofitachequi mico waited in all her finery; swan-feather splays at each shoulder accented a striking white fabric dress adorned with pearls and bits of mica that glittered in the light.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • Linnaeus, for one, proposed to substitute native resources for imports: he urged his countrymen to use swan-feather pens and to ride elk instead of horses, and he tried to “teach” tropical plants to grow in Sweden.

    The Constant Gardener 2007

  • Linnaeus, for one, proposed to substitute native resources for imports: he urged his countrymen to use swan-feather pens and to ride elk instead of horses, and he tried to “teach” tropical plants to grow in Sweden.

    The Constant Gardener 2007

  • Other stories said Lohengrin appeared in his swan-feather costume to defend Clarissa, Duchess of Bouillon, against the Count of Frankfort, who tried to steal her duchy.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Jan 2008

  • An ancient, universal shamanic practice of wearing swan-feather cloaks created numerous muths of deities ableto transform themselves into swans.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Jan 2008

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