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Radio Scotland,5 mins

The Raven’s Return

Good Morning Scotland

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After years in exile, ravens are returning to their old hunting grounds in significant numbers. Revered and then reviled down the centuries, it has a unique place in ancient folklore and legends. It carries associations with power, the supernatural, magic and death. A new book, A Shadow Above’ charts the fall and rise of the raven, and Isabel Fraser spoke to its author Joe Shute.

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