To face me is to face your greatest terror, the Shadow of yourself, the unknown and dangerous. In chancing destruction, your fear loses it's power to destroy. Secrets of Immortality as I, the Raven, possess. The following is from th Llwellyn 1998 Almanac. This is meant for educational purposes and no copyright is intentionaly violated.
Ravens belong to the family of birds called corvidae.
These black birds can't sing worth a lick, though their raucous language is quite communicative and extensive. In fact ravens hold funerals for their dead. One bird will guard the body and rattle a death song, letting the other ravens know what has occured. They will form circle around the corpse, and dance round and round, croaking softly from deep within their throats. For this reason, the ancient Celts and other tribal people associated the raven with death Goddesses.