All but the staghorn have large, sharp teeth, and some, like the large sea raven, can inflict serious bites on people.

The possibility that Harald had married a Danish princess may find some support in a skaldic stanza which is usually assigned to Þorbjörn Hornklofi's Hrafnsmál, a eulogy on Harald's deeds in the form of a conversation between a raven and valkyrie.

Sitting on a bust of Pallas, the raven seems to further instigate his distress with its constant repetition of the word " Nevermore ".

Paying no attention to the man, the raven perches on a bust of Pallas.

Presumably at the time of the poem's recitation by the narrator, the raven " still is sitting " on the bust of Pallas.

The raven perches on a bust of Athena # Pallas Athena | Pallas Athena, a symbol of wisdom meant to imply the narrator is a scholar.

He decided on a raven, which he considered " equally capable of speech " as a parrot, because it matched the intended tone of the poem.

According to Hebrew folklore, Noah sends a white raven to check conditions while on the ark.

* A raven named Matthew who travels through the waking world on errands for Morpheus, usually as a scout or spy.

His boat lodges on a mountain, and he releases a dove, a swallow, and a raven.

She would often take the form of a screaming raven or crow, striking fear into those who heard her, and could also be heard as a voice among the corpses on a battlefield.

Due to his ferocity even when so near death, it is only when a raven lands on his shoulder that his enemies believe he is dead.

Sedna's father gives Sedna a sleeping potion and gives her to the hunter who takes her to a large nest on a cliff, revealing his true form: a great raven.

on the raven banner.

Raven's Brand jerky is sold throughout the region and easily recognized by its distinctive taste and black raven on a bright yellow background on the otherwise clear bag.

He sits on a golden throne accompanied by the heads of a ram and an elephant, along with a raven in the foreground.

Some of the differences, between the two species, are that the Little raven: on average a little smaller than the Australian Raven ( 48 – 50 cm in length ), though sizes do overlap between both species ; the beak is slightly smaller and more curved, calls are shorter and the throat bulges out less while calling.

This raven has very short feathers on the head, throat and neck, which on the throat and upper breast have an oily brown gloss.

As they approached each other, a raven settled on Valerius ’ helmet and it distracted the enemy's attention by flying at his face, allowing Valerius to kill the enemy Gaul.

Her father, The Raven, uses her as a means to revive him, but in the end she learns she is not a raven, but rather a human girl kidnapped as a baby during The Raven's attack on the town.

** In the conservatory, there is a piano on which sits a red-eyed raven.

Personal Coat of arms – note the raven depicted on the Coat of arms | escutcheon, the origin of the name Corvinus.

Scavenging carrion eaters have a long association with the battlefield, " They left the corpses behind for the raven, never was there greater slaughter in this island ," says the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

Good concludes that the white shoe is a " red herring ": Sometimes even a black raven can constitute evidence against the hypothesis that all ravens are black, so the fact that the observation of a white shoe can support it is not surprising and not worth attention.

Even so, the narrator pulls his chair directly in front of the raven, determined to learn more about it.

It has similar proportions to the common raven but the bill is not so large or deep and the wings tend to be a little more pointed in profile.

The raven Hugi returns and pointedly tells him it knew all along, so he kills it for his dinner.

Suddenly, a raven flew from a trunk, perched upon his helmet, and began to attack his foe's eyes with its beak so fiercely that the barbarian was blinded, and the Roman beat him easily.

The character, Amber, was so named because of her hair color, and this is the only major film in which Darnell — normally known for her raven hair and somewhat Latin looks — appears as a redhead.

According to the " nominalistic method " proposed by Max Müller, the origin of the name " Voroneg " and the name of a bird " voron " ( raven ) should be considered in relation to the Indo-European eponyms: Uranus, Varuna, Phoroneus, Bran the Blessed, and so on.

Suddenly, a raven flew from a trunk, perched upon Valerius ' helmet, and began to attack his foe's eyes with its beak so fiercely that the barbarian was blinded, and the Roman beat him easily.

Just as he was about to engage the barbarian, a raven flew from a trunk, perched upon Valerius's helmet, and began to attack his foe ’ s eyes with its beak so fiercely that the warrior was blind.

For instance, a sentence of the form " All Ravens are Black " could on one account be taken as descriptive, in which case an instance of a white raven would contradict it, or alternatively " All Ravens are Black " could be interpreted as a norm, in which case it stands as a principle and definition, so ' a white raven ' would then not be a raven.

Floki now knew they were close to land, and so they followed the third raven.

Massey is the older brother of Kyle Massey, who starred in the Disney sitcom series Cory in the House, That's so raven, and is a voice actor in Fish Hooks.

Mambres then devised a plan to appoint the white bull as the new bull god Apis, and sent four magical animals, a raven, she-ass, dog, and dove to deliver a letter to the High Priest of Memphis, so that the priests could come and worship the new bull.

A queen wished her naughty daughter would turn into a raven and fly away, so she could have some peace, and her wish was instantly fulfilled.

The raven created problems, refusing to leave the ark when Noah sent it forth and accusing the patriarch of wishing to destroy its race, but as the commentators pointed out, God wished to save the raven, for its descendants were destined to feed the prophet Elijah.

Noah spent five or six months aboard the ark, at the end of which he sent out a raven.

St. Jerome ( c. 347 – 420 ) identified the raven, which was sent forth and did not return, as the " foul bird of wickedness " expelled by baptism ; more enduringly, the dove and olive branch came to symbolize the Holy Spirit and the hope of salvation and, eventually, peace.

Then he sent out a raven, which kept going to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth.