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  2. Cultural depictions of ravens - Wikipedia

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    Common ravens in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Many references to ravens exist in world lore and literature. Most depictions allude to the appearance and behavior of the wide-ranging common raven (Corvus corax). Because of its black plumage, croaking call, and diet of carrion, the raven is often associated with loss and ill omen. Yet ...

  3. Ravens of the Tower of London - Wikipedia

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    Wild ravens, as well as pigs and kites, were the biggest scavengers in medieval London. [37] Allegedly after the fire, survivors started persecuting ravens for scavenging, but Flamsteed explained to Charles II that killing all ravens would be a bad omen, and that the kingdom would not outlive the last killed raven. Charles II then ordered six ...

  4. Football 301 Playbook: Building an upset case for all 4 ... - AOL

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    The Ravens defense shifted their back seven personnel around in the back half of the season and now stand as one of the league’s best against both the run and pass.

  5. Common raven - Wikipedia

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    In Persia and Arabia the raven was held as a bird of bad omen but a 14th-century Arabic work reports use of the raven in falconry. [123] The modern unisex given name Raven is derived from the English word "raven". As a masculine name, Raven parallels the Old Norse Hrafn, [124] and Old English *Hræfn, which were both bynames and personal names ...

  6. Ravens' Michael Pierce explains why he avoided chance at ...

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    Pierce joined the Ravens in 2016 as an undrafted free agent. He became a starter in 2017 and played one season with the Minnesota Vikings in 2021 before he returned to the Ravens. Saturday’s ...

  7. Six reasons why the Ravens have become a legit Super ... - AOL

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    BALTIMORE – On the longest night of the year, the Baltimore Ravens reminded the NFL, in front of a prime-time viewing audience, that they're a very bad day waiting to happen. And it’s starting ...

  8. The Baltimore Ravens are on a roll right now, but so is the ...

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    The Ravens are playing perhaps the best football in the NFL at the moment after trouncing Seattle 37-3 last weekend. ... The Baltimore Ravens are on a roll right now, but so is the rest of the AFC ...

  9. List of bad luck signs - Wikipedia

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    Breaking a mirror is said to bring seven years of bad luck [1]; A bird or flock of birds going from left to right () [citation needed]Certain numbers: The number 4.Fear of the number 4 is known as tetraphobia; in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, the number sounds like the word for "death".