Huginn and Muninnn, two ravens from Norse mythology, are a great tattoo choice for the intelligent and wise.
The mystique and brightness of the old viking gods are captured in these divine birds, giving your ink a smart connotation.
Ravens are a very symbolic animal in many ancient and modern civilizations. Ravens represent intellect, self-reliance, and competence as some of the world's most intelligent avians. They represent death, rebirth, and survival as formidable black carrion birds. Huginn and Muninn, two ravens, are in a class of their own, and provide a strong symbology to your next tattoo design.
These ravens have been remembered as unique for over a thousand years. They were Odin's faithful allies and companions, and their names meant 'think' and'mind.' They were the wisest and wiliest of the viking gods, and their names meant 'thought' and'mind.' Legend has it that every morning, these majestic black birds leave Odin's shoulders to soar over the globe, amassing all the knowledge and wisdom that might be gained that day. Every night, they'd return to him and whisper all the knowledge they'd acquired into his ears, enhancing his power and cementing his reputation as the all-knowing all-father.
This legend was honored and revered by ancient viking warriors, who adorned armor, weapons, and banners with fearsome pictures of soaring ravens, demonstrating homage to Odin, the chief of gods. With a tattoo of these mythical birds, you can pay homage to Norse ancestry, wisdom, and viking myth.
To help illustrate how fascinating Viking Hugin And Munin truly is, here is the most fascinating design you should take a look :
Viking Hugin And Munin Celtic Tattoo
These two powerful creatures, the eyes, and ears of the great god Odin the Allfather, are out and about performing the task for their master. He would let the ravens fly out in the morning to monitor the nine worlds. And when the night came, they would come back to Odin whispering into his ears what they had seen during the day. This is another dark ink creation of these birds, delicately drawn on the shoulder area which actually a smart take on carrying a bird on one of the shoulders.
Huginn and Muninn, Odin’s servant ravens, tattooed on a gentleman’s upper back in highly saturated black ink. The edges are thickly outlined with added details of Celtic symbols on the inside, gracefully organized and to fit the shape of the negative space provided for each bird. These pair represent the human mind. Huginn symbolizes thought, while Muninn represents memory.
Viking Hugin And Munin Of Odin God
The Allfather, Odin, in Norse mythology with this raven Huginn on his left known to symbolize, “thought”. A gorgeous black and gray realism portrait of the two powerful symbols of wisdom. This is an almost picture-perfect creation, inked in light feather strokes, shaded, and blended for definition and depth instead of being outlined. The light coming in from above adds sheen and ethereal look into this piece giving the raven much-needed highlights, like being soaked under the sun. The sharp contrast from the raven to Odin’s stark white hair to his skin in mid-tones nestled in a thick white scruffy beard provides perfect contrast against the shiny helmet adorned with Celtic symbols.
Viking Hugin And Munin Red Colour
Huginn and Muninn tattoo faceoff on this chest piece in blackwork. The design is simple and minimalist with a few added details on top of ravens. These are troll cross symbols used as an amulet by the Scandinavian people for protection from black magic and trolls.
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