Ravens do not enjoy a good image, as reflected in Nordic mythology, in passages from the Bible, in Indo-American folklore, in Celtic, Chinese, Egyptian, Greek… Even today, in part of Europe they are considered the symbol of evil In literature or cinema, terrifying authors such as Shakespeare, Poe, Asimov, King or Hitchcock have made them protagonists.
Our proverb reflects that of raising ravens… and they will gouge out your eyes. The habit of this bird of eating corpses starting with the eyes serves to symbolize ingratitude, that ingratitude of those who pay with evil for the good they have done.
But I don’t think that this bird is the paradigm of this extreme, rather we could put ourselves as an exponent of how far we can go with those who have favored us… and if we already focus on the political world, it would give us many pages.
It is not necessary to go back a long way, now we can see it every day in line with the latest partisan events. It would be better for all of us to look at other characteristics of the behavior of these much-maligned ravens, from which we could learn a lot. Scientific studies on them make them considered the most intelligent birds.
But not only that, they are also shown as one of the most outstanding animals, after humans, primates and dolphins. As for what makes the raven special, we must look at its learning as it grows, with long periods of development, learning and play. “They are very social animals and perhaps the challenge of living in such dynamic environments requires complex cognitive skills,” they say.
It has been proven that these dark birds are capable of thinking ahead and making plans for when they arrive. They can also recognize the usefulness of a tool, learn how to use it, and save it in case they need it later. In short, complex mental processes, which perhaps were not bad for some of us who insist on rejecting them.
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