Through the years, the fate of the Ancient Mariner has led to the contemporary colloquialism about how someone who endures a lot of bad luck in life has an “albatross around his neck.” ...

‘Having an albatross around your neck’ means “facing ... or something as consequential as bad luck at sea.

A black-browed albatross on South Georgia Island near ... A bird in your house probably isn’t bad luck. Unless it’s a raven with a very limited vocabulary. It’s easy to see why frogs capture ...

The albatross is the most romanticized and least ... Spotting one means a storm is coming and killing one, even accidentally, is bad luck. But July 15 when one flew by Capt. Monty Hawkins ...

Generally a symbol of good luck for sailors, in the poem, an albatross is shot down my a mariner, which makes the crew believes they’ll struck with bad luck during their voyage. The sailor is ...

The albatross was considered an omen of good luck to sailors, and yet the mariner shoots one. The senseless killing brings a deadly curse upon his ship, and as a punishment, he is forced to wear ...

In classical literature, the albatross is considered to be a harbinger of bad luck. Albatrosses in golf, however, do not share any of the same negative association. Chris Ross, who made the third ...