At Odin's side sit the two wolves, Gere and Freke, and on his shoulders the ravens, Hugin and Munin.

These two ravens are called Hugin and Munin, or Thought and Memory.

" The dove of the Ark, and the bird which perched on the shoulder of the old Plutarchan hero Sertorius, are recalled by this Scandinavian legend: "Hugin and Munin Each down take their flight Earth's fields over.

ODIN or WODIN, the chief god of the ancient Scandinavians, combined in one the powers of Zeus and Ares among the Greeks, and was attended by two black ravensHugin, mind, and Munin, memory, the bearers of tidings between him and the people of his subject-world.