Culture Is the Sum of Human Behaviors
We associate the Raven with the imagination of Edgar Allen Poe. The poem’s themes of loneliness and mystery are early teachings in the classroom, and we connect them with the ebony bird. Nevermore.
The Raven is another story of origins.
Man falls from a pea-pod grown from vines planted by Raven, who exists in darkness since the beginning of time. Raven fashions Woman and other living creatures from clay and delivers them to Man with an extensive oral instruction manual.
The whole world was dark in those days, blacker than anything anywhere has been since. Tired of blundering around in darkness, Raven seeks light.
An old man in a house by the river had a box, which contained a box, which contained ...
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