Further Reading

Sunday, 27 May 2007

Thought & Memory

The whole world wide, every day,
fly Huginn and Muninn;
I worry lest Huginn should fall in flight,
yet more I fear for Muninn.



Huginn and Muninn, are the pair of ravens associated with the Norse god Odin. Huginn and Muninn travel the world bearing news and information to Odin. Huginn is "thought" and Muninn is "memory". They are sent out at dawn to gather information and return in the evening. They perch on the god's shoulders and whisper the news into his ears. It is from these ravens that the kenning 'raven-god' for Odin is derived.

The name Muninn has its roots in the
Old Norse word for memory.