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4 unusual facts about Huginn and Muninn


Beasts of battle

A mythological connection may be presumed as well, though it is clear that at the time that the Old English manuscripts were produced, in a Christianized England, there was no connection between for instance the raven and Huginn and Muninn or the wolf and Geri and Freki.

Blood on Ice

He will also be guided by two ravens (Huginn and Muninn), and is granted a number of supernatural powers: first, the woodwoman, a witch, takes his heart, for which price he can withstand any cut or slit.

Coat of arms of the Isle of Man

The chief god Odin was accompanied by the two ravens Huginn and Muninn.

Hugin

Huginn, one of the two ravens of the god Odin in Norse mythology



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