Huginn & Muninn

excerpt from the article "Creatures for Norse Mythology" via Life in Norway

Huginn and Muninn

Huginn, from the Old Norse for ‘thought', and Muninn, from the Old Norse for ‘mind', are a pair of ravens that fly around Midgard and bring news of the affairs of men to Odin. Through their daily travels Odin could keep an eye on his charges and become wise.Some have linked the two ravens to being a metaphor for Odin casting out his thoughts and his mind in a trance-like practice, and he was known to fear that one day they might not return.