Branwen the raven with Chris Scaife.Photo: Jonathan Brady/PA Images via Getty Images
Branwen, a goddess in Welsh mythology, “was Queen of Ravens, Queen of beauty and love,” Skaife said as he announced the name on the BBC. “She was all that and more.”
The five name options — Matilda, Branwen, Brontë, Winifred and Florence — are drawn from history, mythology and famous tales from the Tower’s past.
Branwen the raven with Chris Scaife.
Branwen and brother Edgar, who was already named, recently joined the crucial crew of iconic ravens at the Tower of London after being born during lockdown.
Ravens of the Tower of London.TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images
The Tower of London’slegend of the ravenssays that if the birds leave the Tower, the kingdom will fall. There must be a minimum of six ravens at the Tower at all times — and with the two new chicks, the total number of resident birds is now nine!
Skaife is the Tower’scurrent Ravenmaster, tasked with looking after the birds. “There is a legend that if the ravens leave the Tower of London, the tower will crumble into dust and great harm will befall the kingdom,” Skaife previously told PEOPLE. “So I have the safety of the nation on my shoulders!”
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The name reveal came as the Towerre-opened after being closeddue to the COVID crisis.
Tower of London.Robert Alexander/Getty Images
Across much of the U.K. galleries and museums and indoor hospitality and businesses were able to reopen to customers on Monday.
Sports venues are beginning to allow spectators back with up to 10,000 fans in soccer stadia up and down Britain from earlier this week.
source: people.com
