The Ravens of Odin

Norse mythology depicted the wisest of the gods as having two ravens, one sitting on each shoulder. These ravens' names were Hugin, meaning Thought, and Munin, meaning memory. They would fly each day through out the world and tell Odin of everything that men do. It was said that instead of eating with the other gods, Odin would give his food to two monstrous wolves that sat on each side of him. He would spend his dinner instead pondering the things that his ravens told him. .