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Zwarte Piet, Haji Firuz (Huginn Petrus) & Karši-Ptar (black-winged)

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This is an ancient Indo-European tradition which has nothing to do with racism. The Myths of Haji Firuz: The Racist Contours of the Iranian Minstrel

Cultural depictions of ravens

To the Germanic peoples, Odin was often associated with ravens. Examples include depictions of figures often identified as Odin appear flanked with two birds on a 6th-century bracteate and on a 7th-century helmet plate from Vendel, Sweden. In later Norse mythology, Odin is depicted as having two...

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