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We have been having a huge (even by Raven standards) raven visiting our back patio almost every day for well over a month now. Started when I was out of town visiting my cancer-ridden sister for the last time. :( My husband saw it first.
Since I returned one or both of us see it generally between 9-11 AM. Sometimes our dog will see and chase it off, other times it just leaves after a short "visit." We have no idea what it means, or why it keeps coming. Beautiful bird. I have looked into various beliefs and legends, but still don't have a clue what it is trying to tell us. (Husband heritage is mostly Germanic, mine is mostly Irish and Scotch/English.) We live somewhat rurally now.
I will post a few links or so of what I can find, perhaps one of them might resonate with you...
"Many references to ravens exist in world lore and literature. Most depictions allude to the appearance and behavior of the wide-ranging common raven (Corvus corax). Because of its black plumage, croaking call, and diet of carrion, the raven is often associated with loss and ill omen. Yet, its symbolism is complex. As a talking bird, the raven also represents prophecy and insight. Ravens in stories often act as psychopomps, connecting the material world with the world of spirits.
French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss proposed a structuralist theory that suggests the raven (like the coyote) obtained mythic status because it was a mediator animal between life and death. As a carrion bird, ravens became associated with the dead and with lost souls. In Swedish folklore, they are the ghosts of murdered people without Christian burials and, in German stories, damned souls." wikipedia
