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Show The Raven In Folklore. U. lloswell Smith, hit nngllshmalt. has recently uinde an exhaustive study ol tho place of the raven In folklore. In religious legends and In. litoratuie. It Is a curious commentary on the people- of borne Christian nations hat they should hold the raven hi abhorrence abhor-rence when the legends, mid In some eases the authentic histories of the church, tell them that tho bird which they shun was tho companion of a dpz-en dpz-en or so saints nnd mnrtyrs who gained rather than lost Jn sanctity front tho companionship. |