They really do keep companyThe wolf and the raven is usually sold as Norse symbolism, and it is that. It is also a real relationship that anyone can go and watch.Ravens follow wolf packs. They arrive at kills within minutes, they trail hunting packs across country, and in the north they are so consistently found at wolf carcasses that they have been called wolf-birds.The exchange works both ways. A raven can find a dead animal from the air but cannot open the hide of a large one; wolves can, and do. Observers have recorded ravens calling and circling in ways that appear to bring wolves to a carcass.There is also play. Ravens have been watched pulling wolves' tails and being chased for it, which serves no purpose either species can obviously explain.Odin kept bothTwo wolves, Geri and Freki, and two ravens, Huginn and Muninn, whose names mean thought and memory. He fed the wolves everything at his table and took nothing but wine himself, and sent the ravens out across the world each day.Here the two of them are cast inside a crescent moon, one above the other and both in profile facing the same way. The wolf sits on top with its ear laid back and its mouth open; the raven sits below it, beak parted, one round eye showing. Both stand raised against the darkened hollow of the crescent, while the outer curve of the moon is left smooth and unworked. Bronze or silver tone. The pairing is old, and it was observed before it was mythologised.See wolf jewelry and our Norse wolf article.Free worldwide shipping, 7 to 12 business days. 30 day returns. See our shipping policy for details.
