Raven
Inspired by Poe's The Raven, this iconic character can be found in many scenes, glaring at visitors with glowing red eyes. The Raven remains silent in all scenes except for near the end, where it caws at guests from a tree branch. In early plans for the attraction, the Raven was to be one of the proposed narrators.
In the 1969 record The Story and Song From The Haunted Mansion, the Raven has a speaking role, and is possessed by "the restless spirit of an old nag," according to the Ghost Host.
The Raven makes a single appearance in the Haunted Mansion Pop-Up Book, and a large black rat with red eyes takes its place as the recurring animal character.
In the 2003 film, much like in the ride, the Raven makes an appearance in several scenes. It is revealed in the commentary that the "Raven" in the film is not actually a raven, but a harmless bird originating from Africa, to compensate for California's law against domesticated birds of prey.
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Famous quotes containing the word raven:
“Not Hermia but Helena I love.
Who will not change a raven for a dove?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“This whole day have I followed in the rocks,
And you have changed and flowed from shape to shape,
First as a raven on whose ancient wings
Scarcely a feather lingered, then you seemed
A weasel moving on from stone to stone....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“In some of those dense fir and spruce woods there is hardly room for the smoke to go up. The trees are a standing night, and every fir and spruce which you fell is a plume plucked from night’s raven wing.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)