The Seven Ravens – not quite as well known, also by the Brothers Grimm. It’s the story of seven brothers who are magicked into ravens and their sister goes through many hardships to break the spell.
Okay, technically these are crows or possibly rooks but it’s close enough, I think. And there is seven of them.
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Before stag and hen parties became a thing in Germany, we had Polterabend, a party before the wedding day usually with the wedding guests as well as all the friends who won’t come to the reception. One tradition is the actual “Poltern”, the guests break dishes and other crockery for luck. The first joint task of the couple is to clear up the debris to prepare them for married life. I have this personal theory that there is a finite amount of porcelain that is going to break in anygiven marriage and the plates and dishes broken on the polterabend are deducted from this, i.e. the more you break during that party, the less will be broken during the marriage.
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