Viking Raven Hugin and Munin

 Huginn and Muninn are Odin’s ravens in Norse mythology. Huginn means “thinking” in Old Norse, and Muninn means “memory” in Old Norse. Every morning at daybreak, he dispatches them to fly across all nine realms, gathering intelligence on what is going on. They return to Odin in Asgard in the twilight and tell him what they’ve seen and heard.

Huginn and Muninn are incredibly close to Odin, so close that he is referred to as the raven god (Old Norse: Hrafnagu) in Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda. His kinship with ravens could imply that they are personifications of himself.

Odin is recognized for his extensive understanding of seidr (Old Norse: seir), a Nordic form of shamanism. Taking the appearance of an animal is fairly common in shamanism; this could, for example, be in the form of a ritual, such as gaining wisdom.

The verse from the poem Grmnismál in the Poetic Edda is another illustration of why Huginn and Muninn could have his own personification.

Huginn and Muninn
fly every day
over the vast earth.
I fear for Hugin
that he won’t return,
though I fear more for Munin.
– The Lay of Grimnir. 20

On the surface, this paragraph may indicate that he is concerned about the return of his ravens. It could, however, have a deeper meaning, and Viking Odin could be concerned about his own memory. He possesses a vast quantity of knowledge, and he may be worried of forgetting part of it, perhaps due to his advanced age. This verse may also reflect his concern about the dangers of going on a daily shamanic trance-state excursion, especially when split into two animals.

The raven is one of Odin’s most well-known emblems, and certain Scandinavian clans had such a deep bond with him that they used the raven as their war flag. This is known as the raven banner, and it has been depicted on the Bayeux tapestry, among other places.

The “raven sacrifice god” (Old Norse: Hrafnblóts Goi) is another raven name for Odin. Odin’s name is a poetic way of expressing that dead warriors in battle will be resurrected in Valhalla. Odin is the one who chooses who dies in battle, while Freya is the first to choose among the slain.
If a ceremony was performed in Odin’s honor, either by sacrificing a human or an animal, People used to believe that if they saw a raven right after the offering, it meant he had accepted it.

HUGINN AND MUNINN OR HUGIN AND MUNIN?

In English, the ravens can be written Huginn and Muninn, as well as Hugin and Munin, according to Norse language scholar Jackson Crawford.

The spelling of old Norse depends on the situation. Take a look at the stanza from earlier in the poem. You may have observed that they are spelled with two N’s at the end of the first line, but only one N farther down.

Huginn and Muninn
fly every day
over the vast earth.
I fear for Hugin
that he won’t return,
though I fear more for Munin.
– The Lay of Grimnir. 20

They have two Ns in the first line because ravens are the subject of the verb “fly” (Old Norse: fljga). Because ravens are the objects of the verb phrases “fear for” (Old Norse: óumk of) and “fear for” (Old Norse: sjámk um), they are spelled with one N at the end further down.

Huginn and Muninn
fljúga hverjan dag
jörmungrund yfir.
óumz ek of Hugin
at hann aptr né komit,
þó sjámk meirr um Munin.
– Grímnismál. 20

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Viking Odin’s Raven Hugin And Munin

There are many Norse gods, but who are hugin and munin? Hugin is the god of thought and Munin is the goddess of memory. They were sent by Odin to fly all over Midgard on a nightly basis in order to find out what was going on. The two ravens would land on his shoulders when they returned from their trip so he could hear what they had seen during their journey. In this blog post we will learn about these two ravens and how they relate to our lives today.

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Hugin and Munin are two ravens who fly all over the world. They‘re Odin’s faithful messengers, and they bring back news from all over to him in Asgard. In Norse mythology, Huginn is thought of as being more intelligent than Muninn – he flies higher up in the sky so he can see more things.

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