Saturday, September 1, 2018

Flight of the raven


I know, it´s a sturnid, but so what?

A toy raven! Yippie!!! I and my brother actually had toy "ravens" as kids, but they were sort of crocheted and home-made. Or perhaps they were supposed to be carrion crows?

We never could make it out, but we did call them Hugin and Munin, after Odin's ravens in Norse mythology. They had large, yellow beaks, and one of them even had a yellow underbelly! Such birds don't exist on planet Earth, but perhaps Fortean Times might be interested?

This toy is a somewhat more realistic rendering of these intelligent wonders of the bird world. Probably perfect...for your Shetland Sheep Dog, LOL.

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