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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Raven Information



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Angell, Tony. RAVENS, CROWS, MAGPIES, AND JAYS. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1978.
Feher-Elston, Catherine. RAVENSONG: A NATURAL AND FABULOUS HISTORY OF RAVENS AND CROWS. Flagstaff, AZ: Northland, 1991.
Fitzharris, Tim. SOARING WITH RAVENS. San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1995.
Heinrich, Bernd. MIND OF THE RAVEN. Harper Perennial, 2007
Heinrich, Bernd. RAVENS IN WINTER. New York: Vintage, 1991.
Ratcliffe, Derek. THE RAVEN: A NATURAL HISTORY IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND. London: T & A D Poyser, 1997.
Savage, Candace. BIRD BRAINS: THE INTELLIGENCE OF CROWS, RAVENS, MAGPIES, AND JAYS. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1995.



















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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Step Lightly

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Close Up

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Art: Ravens

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Ravens have excellent problem solving skills.

Photo: Due to the fact that Raven Medicine has excellent problem-solving skills leads to the belief that they have great intelligence. This is probably why many indigenous cultures saw Raven Medicine as a spiritual figure or god. Learn more http://bit.ly/XID20E [Artwork by Robert Bateman]

 [Artwork by Robert Bateman]


Due to the fact that Raven Medicine has excellent problem-solving skills leads to the belief that they have great intelligence. This is probably why many indigenous cultures saw Raven Medicine as a spiritual figure or god. 



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http://www.whitewolfpack.com/2011/12/wolves-and-ravens-curious-relationship.html

The raven is sometimes known as "the wolf-bird." Ravens, like many other animals, scavenge at wolf kills, but there's more to it than t...See More
Photo: Raven: "The Wolf-Bird" http://www.whitewolfpack.com/2011/12/wolves-and-ravens-curious-relationship.html The raven is sometimes known as "the wolf-bird." Ravens, like many other animals, scavenge at wolf kills, but there's more to it than that. Both wolves and ravens have the ability to form social attachments and they seem to have evolved over many years to form these attachments with each other, to both species' benefit. There are a couple of theories as to why wolves and ravens end up at the same carcasses. One is that because ravens can fly, they are better at finding carcasses than wolves are. But they can't get to the food once they get there, because they can't open up the carcass. So they'll make a lot of noise, and then wolves will come and use their sharp teeth and strong jaws to make the food accessible not just to themselves, but also to the ravens. Ravens have also been observed circling a sick elk or moose and calling out, possibly alerting wolves to an easy kill. The other theory is that ravens respond to the howls of wolves preparing to hunt (and, for that matter, to human hunters shooting guns). They find out where the wolves are going and following. Both theories may be correct. Wolves and ravens also play. A raven will sneak up behind a wolf and yank its tail and the wolf will play back. Ravens sometimes respond to wolf howls with calls of their own, resulting in a concert of howls and calls. Sources: Mind of the Raven, Bernd Heinrich, The American Crow and the Common Raven, Lawrence Kilham Photo by Bob Whitney This may also be of interest :0) http://wolfandravens.blogspot.co.uk/ Raven )O(

























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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Raven Pictures



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Living with the Trickster: Crows, Ravens, and Human Culture
Jackie Chappell






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“Moment with ravens” by Remo Savisaar , Redbubble
Photo: “Moment with ravens” by Remo Savisaar , Redbubble






via wolveswolves: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WOLVES AND RAVENS Ravens and wolves form social attachments with each other and take huge advantage of each other. Both animals eat meat. When wolves killed a prey, ravens eat from the left over cadaver and scavenge it. Also, ravens lead wolves to preys or cadavers. The ravens fly and the wolves follow. Ravens also alert wolves to dangers. They also play with each other. For example the ravens dive at the wolves and then speed away or peck their tails to try to get the wolves to chase them, or wolf cubs chasing after teasing ravens. Dr. L. David Mech wrote in ‘The Wolf: The Ecology and Behaviour of an Endangered Species’: “It appears that the wolf and the raven have reached an adjustment in their relationships such that each creature is rewarded in some way by the presence of the other and that each is fully aware of the other’s capabilities.” Also very interesting: Bernd Heinrich wrote in ‘Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds’: “Ravens can be attracted to wolf howls. The wolves’ howls before they go on a hunt, and it is a signal that the birds learn to heed. Conversely, wolves may respond to certain raven vocalizations or behavior that indicate prey. The raven-wolf association may be close to a symbiosis that benefits the wolves and ravens alike. At a kill site, the birds are more suspicious and alert than wolves. The birds serve the wolves as extra eyes and ears.” Some videos: - Raven Dances with Wolf Pup - Ravens taking a bath in the snow after stealing food from wolves- Crow teasing a wolf (Picture by Michael S. Nolan)
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WOLVES AND RAVENS
Ravens and wolves form social attachments with each other and take huge advantage of each other.
Both animals eat meat. When wolves killed a prey, ravens eat from the left over cadaver and scavenge it. Also, ravens lead wolves to preys or cadavers. The ravens fly and the wolves follow. Ravens also alert wolves to dangers.
They also play with each other. For example the ravens dive at the wolves and then speed away or peck their tails to try to get the wolves to chase them, or wolf cubs chasing after teasing ravens.
Dr. L. David Mech wrote in ‘The Wolf: The Ecology and Behaviour of an Endangered Species’: “It appears that the wolf and the raven have reached an adjustment in their relationships such that each creature is rewarded in some way by the presence of the other and that each is fully aware of the other’s capabilities.”
Also very interesting: Bernd Heinrich wrote in ‘Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds’: “Ravens can be attracted to wolf howls. The wolves’ howls before they go on a hunt, and it is a signal that the birds learn to heed. Conversely, wolves may respond to certain raven vocalizations or behavior that indicate prey. The raven-wolf association may be close to a symbiosis that benefits the wolves and ravens alike. At a kill site, the birds are more suspicious and alert than wolves. The birds serve the wolves as extra eyes and ears.”

(Picture by Michael S. Nolan)
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Raven silhouette against full moon

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RAVENS

Raven on Rooftop

Photo Credit: Raven on Roof via Wikimedia Commons
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Photo Credit: Flickr Creative Commons. Copyright: Sergey Yeliseev



Photo Credit: Flickr Creative Commons. Copyright: Sergey Yeliseev










    Raven Symbolism Index

    1. Raven Biology: Natural History of the Raven
    2. Facts about Ravens
    3. Raven Pendants and Jewelry
    4. Wolf and Raven
    5. Much Folklore surrounds the Enigmatic Raven
    6. Stunning Raven Pendant
    7. Raven Lore
    8. Raven Lore: Folklore & Legends
    9. Raven, bird of prophecy,
    10. Bring Raven Symbolism into your Home
    11. Raven Superstitions
    12. Raven Augery and Symbolism
    13. Do Ravens Represent Good or Evil?
    14. Raven Symbolism through Art
    15. Raven Mythology
    16. Ravens in Mythology
    17. Raven Mythology Resources
    18. The Raven in Norse Mythology
    19. The Raven in British, Irish & Celtic Mythology
    20. The Raven in Arthurian Mythology
    21. The Raven in Greek Mythology and History
    22. The Raven in Roman Mythology
    23. The Raven and Christianity
    24. The Raven in Native American Mythology
    25. Raven Medicine and Totems
    26. Raven Totem Amulet
    27. Raven Magic
    28. The Raven, Magic and Witches
    29. The Raven - Bird of Mystery and Magic
    30. The Raven in Literature
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    32. The Raven Movie
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    BE MINDFUL NOW




    LOST

    Stand still.
    The trees ahead and the bushes beside you Are not lost.
    Wherever you are is called Here,
    And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
    Must ask permission to know it and be known.
    The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
    I have made this place around you,
    If you leave it you may come back again, saying Here.

    No two trees are the same to Raven.
    No two branches are the same to Wren.
    If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
    You are surely lost. Stand still.
    The forest knows Where you are.
    You must let it find you.






    An old Native American elder story rendered into modern English by David Wagoner, in The Heart Aroused - Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America by David Whyte, Currency Doubleday, New York, 1996.

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    RAVENS ARE CLEVER INDEED

      
    RAVENS ARE CLEVER ENOUGH TO HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR AND TO BE MISCHIEVOUS. 





    Ravens in the Tower of London


    According to legend, the Kingdom of England will fall if the ravens of the Tower of London are removed.

    It had been thought that there have been at least six ravens in residence at the tower for centuries.

    The earliest known reference to a Tower raven is a picture in the newspaper The Pictorial World in 1883.

    This and scattered subsequent references, both literary and visual, which appear in the late nineteenth to early twentieth century, place them near the monument commemorating those beheaded at the tower, popularly known as the “scaffold.” 

    This strongly suggests that the ravens, which are notorious for gathering at gallows, were originally used to dramatize tales of imprisonment and execution at the tower told to tourists by the Yeomen Warders.

    There is evidence that the original ravens were donated to the tower by the Earls of Dunraven, perhaps because of their association with the Celtic raven-god Bran.  

    However wild ravens, which were once abundant in London and often seen around meat markets (such as nearby Eastcheap) feasting for scraps, could have roosted at the Tower in earlier times. 

    During the Second World War, most of the Tower's ravens perished through shock during bombing raids, leaving only a mated pair named "Mabel" and "Grip." 

    Shortly before the Tower reopened to the public, Mabel flew away, leaving Grip despondent. A couple of weeks later, Grip also flew away, probably in search of his mate. The incident was reported in several newspapers, and some of the stories contained the first references in print to the legend that the British Empire would fall if the ravens left the tower.  

    Since the Empire was dismantled shortly afterward, those who are superstitious might interpret events as a confirmation of the legend. Before the tower reopened to the public on 1 January 1946, care was taken to ensure that a new set of ravens was in place. 


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    Ravens in the Tower of London









    Portrait by Colin O’Brien





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