Norse mythology
Huginn
The Raven of Mind Who Circles the World
- Mythology
- Norse mythology
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- Odin and the Quest for Wisdom
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- Huginn and Muninn
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Huginn, whose name means Thought, is one of Odin's two ravens. Each dawn he and his brother Muninn fly out over all the worlds, and at breakfast they return to perch on the Allfather's shoulders and whisper into his ear everything they have seen and heard. By them Odin earns the name Raven-God. In the Grimnismal he confesses his fear that they may not come home: he frets for Huginn, but more for Muninn. Through these black scouts the one-eyed god learns the secrets of the nine realms while sitting in his high seat Hlidskjalf.
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- Who is Huginn?
- Huginn, whose name means Thought, is one of Odin's two ravens. Each dawn he and his brother Muninn fly out over all the worlds, and at breakfast they return to perch on the Allfather's shoulders and whisper into his ear everything they have seen and heard. By them Odin earns the name Raven-God.
- Which mythology does Huginn belong to?
- Huginn belongs to Norse mythology.
- Which stories does Huginn appear in?
- Huginn appears in Odin and the Quest for Wisdom, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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MythologyNow. (2026). Huginn. https://www.mythologynow.app/en/gods/huginn"Huginn." MythologyNow, 2026, https://www.mythologynow.app/en/gods/huginn.MythologyNow. "Huginn." Accessed 2026. https://www.mythologynow.app/en/gods/huginn.Listen to the stories of Huginn
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