Rain Bird (legend)

The Rain Bird in Native American legend was a bird who brought rain. A Rain Bird design is used in some Native American pottery. The name was appropriated by the Rain Bird Corporation to name their irrigation sprinkler. The Rain Bird was known by coastal Native Americans as the bringer of life. The reason behind it was that Rain, or the bringer of life, brought life to the coastal Natives by watering their plants, thus giving food & water to the animals they hunted.