There's a pretty good book (much too long, but interesting) called Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, about two wizards in a fictional 17th century England. One of the secondary characters is called "The Raven King" and in these books was considered the greatest wizard of his time. I also came across the Raven King as a wizard in one of the Magic Tree House books that Noah was reading. But Google doesn't seem to have much to say about him other than references to the book I mentioned above. So I don't know if there's a mythological story he's based on or not.
I also found something about crows being extremely intelligent. They use tools to catch prey, just like the chimps and us.
Sorry about the relentless optimism. It's just my public persona. Privately, I tend to balance that out with periodic glumness. And in my head there are often visions of dread waiting just around the corner. I think this is fairly universal, but nobody really talks about it.
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Date: 2010-11-29 01:12 am (UTC)I also found something about crows being extremely intelligent. They use tools to catch prey, just like the chimps and us.
Sorry about the relentless optimism. It's just my public persona. Privately, I tend to balance that out with periodic glumness. And in my head there are often visions of dread waiting just around the corner. I think this is fairly universal, but nobody really talks about it.