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Thread #28467   Message #353442
Posted By: Ira
07-Dec-00 - 10:59 PM
Thread Name: origins of 'Two Ravens'
Subject: RE: origins of 'Two Ravens'
It is Child #26. There are actually 2 major variants. The Child version has the Knight's hawks, hounds, etc. defend the corpse.

There is a another, later variant, where the ravens tell how "his hounds are to the hunting gane, his hawks to fetch the wild bird hame, and his lady taen another mate, so we may make our dinner sweet"

Less romantic, more realistic.