The origin of the term lies in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s classic ballad, ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’. It means to carry the burden of guilt. In the poem, the mariner’s ship gets stuck in ice at the South Pole.
At that juncture, an albatross flies over the ship and eventually guides the sailors to safe waters. But once they are safe, the mariner impulsively shoots down the divine bird with his arrow.
Soon after this, the ship stalls again, a heat wave occurs and the sailors are starved of water. The sailors then hang the dead albatross around the mariner’s neck to remind him of his criminal deed.
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