Sacred Wisdom by Gretchen Del Rio.

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from artist Gretchen Del Rio, who shares her magical paintings and the tale of When Raven was Killed:

This is just one of so many Native American tales about Raven as well as other animals. I love to read them.

When Raven was killed

Raven had played so many tricks on mankind for so long that one day a great chief decided to kill him. The chief caught Raven unaware and threw him into a large skin bag. Then he began to climb to the top of a steep mountain. Raven asked from inside the bag “what are you doing, where are we going.” The chief ignored Raven. Raven told the chief that bad things would happen if he hurt Raven. But the chief did not listen and finally on top of the mountain, he threw Raven off the mountain. Raven was torn to pieces falling. The chief had killed Raven.

Everyone in the village was happy and they celebrated for days. Then they noticed that all the water was gone.

Continue reading at Gretchen Del Rio’s Art Blog

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About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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8 Responses to Sacred Wisdom by Gretchen Del Rio.

  1. memadtwo's avatar memadtwo says:
    February 26, 2018 at 17:24

    Can’t trick the trickster…(K)

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  2. mrmilitantnegro's avatar The Militant Negro says:
    February 26, 2018 at 18:26

    Reblogged this on The Militant Negro™.

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  4. Widdershins's avatar Widdershins says:
    February 28, 2018 at 03:29

    Doing any sort of harm to Corvids is a really, really bad idea. 🙂

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