Hatter (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) the other is a bureau with a quill!" The RSPB, in its definition of Raven, states: "The raven [...] is all black with a large bill, and long wings." American author Stephen King provides an alternative answer to the Hatter's riddle in his 1977 horror novel "The Shining". Snowbound and isolated "ten thousand feet high" in the Rocky Mountains, the five-year-old son "Danny" hears whispers of the malign "voice of the [Overlook] hotel" inside his head, including this bit of mockery, "why is a raven like a writing desk? The higher the fewer, of course! Have another cup of tea!"
Raven Tales raven would come and stand on that spot. One raven at each hole. Once the ground hardened the raven turned into a person, explaining why Miwok are so dark.p101 The Nuuchahnulth are also known commonly as the Nootka. The Ojibwe are also known by other names including Anishinaabe which is the name of their language, Odawa, or Algonquin. The Plains Ojibwa, also known as Bûngi Indians, lived on the Long Plains Reserve in Manitoba. Another raven story from the Puget Sound region describes the "Raven" as having originally lived in the land of spirits (literally "bird land") that existed before