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The Germanic first names "Bertram" and "Wolfram" both derive from the Old High German word "hram", meaning raven. The name "Raven" exists both as a first and a surname in the English language. The first name is unisex but much more common among women, especially African-American ones. Examples include Raven-Symoné, Raven Goodwin or Raven Baxter.
Instead, Simek connects Huginn and Muninn with wider raven symbolism in the Germanic world, including the raven banner (described in English chronicles and Scandinavian sagas), a banner which was woven in a method that allowed it, when fluttering in the wind, to appear as if the raven depicted upon it was beating its wings. [17]
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.
Kutkh (also Kutkha, Kootkha, Kutq, Kutcha and other variants, Russian: Кутх) is a Raven spirit traditionally revered in various forms by various indigenous peoples of the Russian Far East. Kutkh appears in many legends: as a key figure in creation , as a fertile ancestor of mankind, as a mighty shaman and as a trickster .
Raven carves salmon out of various kinds of wood [48]: 666 Raven marries the dead twin [48]: 667 Raven abducts the daughter of the salmon chief [48]: 671 Raven gets the soil [48]: 674 Why Crow and Raven are black [48]: 677 Raven and Eagle gather red and black cod [48]: 692 Raven marries Hair-Seal-Woman [48]: 702
Three crows in a tree. Three crows are a symbol or metaphor in several traditions.. Crows, and especially ravens, often feature in European legends or mythology as portents or harbingers of doom or death, because of their dark plumage, unnerving calls, and tendency to eat carrion.
The Raven, known as Txamsem or Giant, is a central figure in Tsimshian mythology, part of the Raven Tales mythology connecting the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. The Raven is viewed as the creator of the universe and an intermediary between its physical and spiritual incarnations.
Lycius (Ancient Greek: Λύκιος, romanized: Lúkios, meaning 'Lycian' or 'wolf-like') is a minor Babylonian figure in Greek mythology, who features in two minor myths concerning the god Apollo. He was originally a man born to a wealthy family who disobeyed the orders of Apollo, thus becoming a white raven. Later the god made him his watchman.