Migration Period golden bracteates, Vendel era helmet plates, a pair of identical Germanic Iron Age bird-shaped brooches, Viking Age objects depicting a moustached man wearing a helmet, and a portion of the 10th or 11th century Thorwald's Cross may depict Odin with one of the ravens. Heimskringla details that Odin gave Huginn and Muninn the ability to speak. In the Prose Edda and the Third Grammatical Treatise, the two ravens are described as perching on Odin's shoulders.
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The Prose Edda explains that Odin is referred to as " raven-god" due to his association with Huginn and Muninn. In the Poetic Edda, a disguised Odin expresses that he fears that they may not return from their daily flights. The names of the ravens are sometimes modernly anglicized as Hugin and Munin. Huginn and Muninn are attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson in the Third Grammatical Treatise, compiled in the 13th century by Óláfr Þórðarson and in the poetry of skalds. In Norse mythology, Huginn (from Old Norse "thought" ) and Muninn (Old Norse "memory" or "mind" ) are a pair of ravens that fly all over the world, Midgard, and bring the god Odin information. Huginn and Muninn sit on Odin's shoulders in an illustration from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript Please help by writing it in the style of All Birds Wiki! This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia ( view authors).