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Why is the Ravenclaw animal an eagle, and not a raven?

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Albania, where Rowena Ravenclaw's daughter Helen fled to and was murdered, is called "The Land of the Eagles." Why did Helen chose Albania? We can speculate, but we don't know. read more

Rowena Ravenclaw selected her students according to intelligence and wisdom, soon after the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was found. raven+claw-The raven being described is the color of the claw of an eagle and not the bird raven. read more

The raven being described is not a bird that is a raven, but the color of the claw of the bird (an eagle) that is being described. Rowena Ravenclaw gave her name and her standard which included an eagle that is described in its name as raven-clawed. read more

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