Huginn e Muninn

Huginn e Muninn sono due corvi presenti nella mitologia norrena, associati al dio Odino. Huginn e Muninn viaggiano per il mondo portando notizie e informazioni al loro padrone. Odino li fa uscire all'alba per raccogliere informazioni e ritornano alla sera, siedono sulle spalle del dio e gli sussurrano le notizie nelle orecchie. È da questi corvi che deriva il kenning dio-corvo che rappresenta Odino.

Entrambi i nomi dei corvi derivano dal norreno, Huginn significa pensiero mentre Muninn memoria.

Così è detto nel poema eddico Grímnismál, al XX canto:

(NON)

«Huginn ok Muninn
fliúga hverian dag
iörmungrund yfir;
óumk ek of Hugin
at hann aptr ne komit,
þó siámk meirr um Munin.»

(IT)

«Huginn e Muninn
volano ogni giorno
alti intorno alla terra.
Io ho timore per Huginn
che non ritorni;
ma ho ancora più timore per Muninn.»

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