Kaw (character)

Kaw (character)

Kaw is a character in The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. He first appears in the second book of the series, "The Black Cauldron", and plays a role in each of the following books. The final volume, "The High King", contains a chapter from Kaw's point of view.

One of the most important non-human characters in the series, Kaw is a crow and was originally the pet of Gwystyl, a Fair Folk officer. He is subsequently given to the series' hero, Taran. Kaw can talk, although only in one-word sentences, and his role in the story is to give information, to spy out the land while flying and sometimes to retrieve lost objects from difficult places. He has a mischievous temperament, often playing tricks on his human friends and talking more freely than he should.


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