1:A large, glossy black bird with black/violet feathers of the Corvidae
family of birds, consisting of birds such as Magpies, Blue Jays, and Crows. Ravens are much like large crows with boxy tail feathers A signature of the raven, a long,
thick beak, and a wingspan sometimes reaching nearly six
feet. The Raven has a much deeper call than the crow, with a croak rather than a caw.
2: The famous bird from Edgar
Allan Poe'
s "The Raven"
3: An animal frequent in many mythologies. In Norse Mythology That of the Vikings/Scandinavians Odin, the All-Father God, has two Ravens named Huginn and Muninn Thought and Memory that travel to Midgard -- the world of Men -- and report the happenings back to him.
With a screeching croak and a
flash of it's
mystic deep purple feathers, the raven soared from the
tree tops to Odin's arm in Asgard.