im sorry if im being supersticoius...what does it mean if ravens are in your yard?

Question

theres like 5 black ravens in our front yeard. omfg what does that mean?

Answer 1

It doesn't mean death.
People have made crows, ravens, and magpies part of their culture across the world for a long time, so nor are you being stupid for asking.
5 mean silver according to the poems of our forefathers.

"One for sorrow, two for mirth,
Three for a wedding, four for a birth,
Five for silver, six for gold,
Seven for a secret not to be told.
Eight for heaven, nine for hell,
And ten for the devil's own sel'."

There are different versions of this and other folklore available for your interpretation here:

http://www.shades-of-night.com/aviary/folklore.html

and

http://www.shades-of-night.com/aviary/birdfict.html

Answer 2

There was an old superstition that a raven or blackbird in the yard meant there would be a death in the house. Five ravens were probably looking for food.

Answer 3

It means they're probably after a dead animal. Ravens are scavengers, not mythological foretellers.

Answer 4

depends if its one of your gaurding animals then it could be a warning or it could just be some fricking birds who dont have anything else to do acept scare people by hanging out in there yard

Answer 5

Well, you can look at it this way, blackbirds gathering in your yard means snow is on the way.

Answer 6

It means there are bugs or worms or whatever they eat there.
What the heck did you think it meant?

Answer 7

I wouldn't worry about it, there is probably some debris or some dead animal they tracked down.

Answer 8

its all good thy are you spirit guides and ravens are never bad luck

Answer 9

Maybe Odin is keeping an eye on you...

Answer 10

I have always been told they are good luck. No worries :-)