This ballad has a Scots version and an English version, called The Three Ravens. In the English version, three ravens plan to eat a knight’s body but it is protected by his hawk, hound, and a pregnant ...
IAN Hamilton does not understand what a variant is (Letters, March 23). ''The Two Ravens'' he refers to is, I assume, ''The Three Ravens'' which is not a variant of ''The Twa Corbies'' but may well ...