### p14 mass death changed the human view of ravens > The association of the raven with death was reinforced by the raven's feeding on human corpses. Battlefields strewn with corpses that could not be easily removed for burial attracted ravens and other animals that fed on carrion. The image of a raven pecking out the eyes of a dead warrior or feeding on the warrior'sflesh would have made a deep impression on a human observer. It is likely that ravens also fed on unburied corpses during the Bubonic plague in fourteenth century Europe, as they may have after the Great Fire of London in 1666. Such behavior would have changed human's perception of the raven from a valued companion for a hunter or warrior to an unwholesome scavenger. - [[A Storytelling of Ravens by Betty Wheelwright#p14 mass death changed the human view of ravens|View in Vault]]