I did not know that about Dickens and ravens! I haven’t gotten to reading Barnaby Rudge yet. The indigenous myths were fascinating too, thanks for sharing.
Another literary corvid cameo that comes to mind are the rooks as servants of the Dark in The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper. I’m quite fond of rooks and they don’t give me evil vibes (more like raucous family chaos and congeniality) but it’s clearly a common perception.
Dickens talks about rooks in more than one book, and he describes them much like you do - "chaos and congeniality". I have never seen a rook, not having been to a place where they are, but in pictures, they look like they have a sense of humour and take life easy.
Glad to hear I’m on the same wavelength as Dickens, haha! Love your description too; their shagginess gives rascally vibes at worst, flower child at best
I did not know that about Dickens and ravens! I haven’t gotten to reading Barnaby Rudge yet. The indigenous myths were fascinating too, thanks for sharing.
Another literary corvid cameo that comes to mind are the rooks as servants of the Dark in The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper. I’m quite fond of rooks and they don’t give me evil vibes (more like raucous family chaos and congeniality) but it’s clearly a common perception.
Dickens talks about rooks in more than one book, and he describes them much like you do - "chaos and congeniality". I have never seen a rook, not having been to a place where they are, but in pictures, they look like they have a sense of humour and take life easy.
Glad to hear I’m on the same wavelength as Dickens, haha! Love your description too; their shagginess gives rascally vibes at worst, flower child at best