About

Me

Ahsan Ali, a humble student of the The Way.

The symbols

Crow is a mysterious trickster figure in Ted Hughes’ Crow poems. Sample here: Crow’s Fall & Crow’s Account of the Battle

The Raven Banner was flown by viking chieftains to symbolize Odin and his two ravens. Odin’s ravens are thus described:

“Two ravens sit on Odin’s shoulders, and bring to his ears all that they hear and see. Their names are Hugin and Munin. At dawn he sends them out to fly over the whole world, and they come back at breakfast time. Thus he gets information about many things, and hence he is called Rafnagud (raven-god).”