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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 ...
Raven Mocker – Life-draining spirit; Raven Spirit (Native American, Norse, and Siberian) – Trickster spirit; Ratatoskr – Squirrel spirit; Raystown Ray (American Folklore) – Possible plesiosaur or serpent; Redcap – Evil, ugly humanoid; Re’em – Gigantic land animal
Deities depicted as ravens or whose myths and iconography are associated with ravens. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
In the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál (chapter 60), Huginn and Muninn appear in a list of poetic names for ravens. In the same chapter, excerpts from a work by the skald Einarr Skúlason are provided. In these excerpts Muninn is referenced in a common noun for 'raven' and Huginn is referenced in a kenning for 'carrion'. [13]
Makara (Hindu mythology) – half terrestrial animal in the frontal part (stag, deer, or elephant) and half aquatic animal in the hind part (usually of a fish, a seal, or a snake, though sometimes a peacock or even a floral tail is depicted) Mug-wamp - (Canadian) giant sturgeon monster said to inhabit Lake Temiskaming in Ontario. Name is of ...
Valravn – Supernatural raven; Vampire – Reanimated corpse that feeds on blood; Vanara – Human-ape hybrid; Vântoase – Female weather spirit; Varaha (Hindu mythology) – Third Avatar of Vishnu in the form of a boar; Vârcolac – Vampire or werewolf; Vardøger (Scandinavian) – Ghostly double
The following is a list of lists of legendary creatures, ... List of legendary creatures in Hindu mythology; List of named animals and plants in Germanic heroic legend;
Odin's ravens, Huginn and Muninn; Ong (Washoe folklore) Pegasus – A winged horse [1] Peryton; Phoenix; Raiju; Roc – A gigantic bird similar to the Ziz [1] Sarimanok; Shahbaz; Sirens - bird women in Greek mythology, not to be confused with mermaids; Simurgh – A Persian bird similar to the Ziz [1] Snallygaster; Sphinx ; Stymphalian Birds ...