If you look close into the eye of this strong gold Raven, you will see an image of St. Kevin, patron saint of crows and ravens. An enduring legend that captures Kevin's unique spirituality tells of his encounter with a blackbird, which landed on the holy man's outstretched hand while he was in prayer. Unwilling to disturb the creature, Kevin resolved to remain in prayer until the bird took flight. This story has been beautifully expressed by Seamus Heaney, the poet laureate of Ireland in his poem, “St. Kevin and the Blackbird”:

Alone and mirrored clear in love's deep river,
'To labour and not to seek reward,' he prays,

A prayer his body makes entirely
For he has forgotten self, forgotten bird
And on the riverbank forgotten the river's name.