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Legendary Ravens
Ravens are majestic birds and thus inspire great and terrible legends, myths, folklore and superstitions. It is no wonder with their capacity for intelligence. Ravens have exactly the same brain-to-body ratio as dolphins and almost the same as humans. “If crows were human, their average IQ would be 135 (the average for humans is 100!)”1 [...]
Posted: April 14th, 2009 under corvid, Corvidae, Corvids, folklore, Huginn, intelligence, learning, legend, lore, Memory, Muninn, myth, mythology, Myths about ravens, Odin, origin of raven, Raven, Raven myths, ravens, superstitions.
Tags: beliefs about ravens, raven beliefs, raven folklore, raven lore, raven mythology, Raven myths, raven superstitions, ravens and beliefs, ravens and folklore, ravens and legends, ravens and lore, ravens and mythology, ravens and myths, ravens and superstitions, Ravens are intelligent
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Ravens in Norse Mythology
Ravens have often been featured in myths and legends, stories, poems, and religious beliefs. For example, the Norse God Odin was said to have a pair of ravens, Huginn (thought) and Muninn (memory). They were said to travel the world from early morning to late into the evening each and every day in search of [...]
Posted: April 5th, 2009 under Huginn, legend, Memory, Muninn, mythology, Myths about ravens, Norse mythology, Odin, Raven myths, ravens, thought.
Tags: Huginn, Memory, Midgard, Muninn, Norse mythology, Odin, odin and ravens, Raven, raven myth, raven mythology, ravens and norse mythology, ravens and odin, thought
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