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Huginn and Muninn, (sometimes anglicized Hugin and Munin), are a pair of ravens associated with the Norse god Odin. Hugin and Munin travel the world bearing news and information to Odin.
Hugin is "thought" and Munin 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.
One of Odin's many titles is Hrafna-Gud, the God of the Ravens. Odin's daughters, the warlike Valkyries, were sometimes said to take the shape of ravens.
From Grímnismál:
Old Norse:
- Huginn ok Muninn fliúga hverian dag
- iörmungrund yfir;
- óomk ek of Huginn, at hann aptr ne komit,
- þó siámk meirr um Muninn.
English:
- The whole world wide, every day,
- fly Hugin and Munin;
- I worry lest Hugin should fall in flight,
- yet more I fear for Munin.