An Unkindness of Ravens Fink. When Wexford does a favour for his wife—to look into the disappearance of one of their neighbours' husbands—everything he finds seems to confirm his first inkling: that this is simply another case of a bored middle-aged man having run off with a younger woman. However, when Rodney Williams is found dead, and another local man is stabbed in his car, Wexford finds himself thrown into an investigation involving a militant feministic organisation known as "Arria", who have taken the raven as their symbol. An Unkindness of Ravens An Unkindness of Ravens is a novel by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell.
Philippine mythical creatures of Mount Makiling in Laguna province. "Engkanto" (sometimes spelled "Encanto") is an umbrella term for most supernatural beings. The common connotation is that they are fairies who reside primarily in the forests and the sea. They can also be called "encantado" (male) or "encantada" (female). Duwende are goblins, hobgoblins, elves or dwarfs ("Spanish": "duende" ""goblin, elf, charm"" < ""duen de (casa)"", "owner of the house"). They are little creatures who can provide good fortune or bad fate to people. In the pre-colonial Philippines they were called mangalo and were believed to cause the death of children by eating their bowels.