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  • The meat Odin has on his board he gives to his two wolves, Geri and Freki, and he needs no meat, wine is to him both meat and drink; ravens twain sit on his shoulders, and say into his ear all tidings that they see and hear; they are called Huginn and Muninn (mind and memory); them sends he at dawn to fly over the whole world, and they come back at breakfast-tide, thereby becomes he wise in many tidings, and for this men call him

    The Story of the Volsungs Anonymous 1873

  • “And in Norse myths we have Huginn and Muninn,” said Dr. Hillenberg.

    Blood Lite II: Overbite Kevin J. Anderson 2010

  • I've shied away from the Muse, and looked to Norse mythology and the twin ravens of Odinn - Huginn and Muninn.

    bard Diary Entry bard 2001

  • The god was draped in an angular cloak from the folds of which glared two disconsolate quadrupeds who might conceivably represent Geri and Freki, while from behind a pair of legs suggestive of an advanced condition of elephantiasis peered a brace of disconsolate fowls, possibly Huginn and Muninn.

    Death in Ecstasy Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1936

  • And, perched on Odin's throne are his raven familiars Huginn and Muninn.

    Mania News Feed 2010

  • Huginn and Muninn, which were his agents in the world of mortals.

    Odd Bits of Life in New Orleans 2009

  • Can I exchange one eye for Huginn and Muninn - thought and memory, who draws blood from the shoulder of Odin?

    The Malay Male 2009

  • And the blackbirds cited in the title are everywhere ... dead in masses, congregating around hotspots, sometimes even incarnate as Huginn and Muninn or the remnants of the fallen.

    Everything2 New Writeups cassparadox 2009

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