I believe that the poem means Odin fears his thoughts being lost but he is even more scared of losing his mind.

@shiddy.

5 жыл бұрын

I agree - when I read it, I took it as Odin worrying that he will stop caring about, or even worse stop remembering the world

@echogravlax6217

5 жыл бұрын

When I watched this. not having read the poem myself, I thought don't the crow's names reflect what odin fears losing.

@jinpachibobochan3532

5 жыл бұрын

@@vuurwater6784 But there is no Hell in North myth, 'Hel' is the realm of death where all mortals have to go in order to reincarnate. Val'Halla is reserved only for worthy warriors who will fight in Ragnarok. In my opinion, the ravens are a real physical extension of Odin's 'thought' and memory' and even as they provide him immense benefits (he mainly uses they to spy on his foes) they are also a big weakness since you can cripple Odin's abilities by killing his ravens. He isnt a human in the first place, but something like a 'shapeshifter' or whatever, it made sense that he is able to 'split' parts of his 'body' and use these parts... like Hugin and Munin for example because it is maybe one of his natural abilities.

@freakass333

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@Ppurk

4 жыл бұрын

dementia gets us all in the end

Odin is the god of Wisdom. if the crows represent thought and memory, then it wants to say is that our thought and memory roams around the world and gathers information. while at the end of the day, it is the wisdom that analyzes all that they have gathered. mythologies always explain life in symbolic way. you must break them down and understand it. almost all of them are like code language.

@norrlyolson22

5 жыл бұрын

It's all great drama

@ryanocerus7853

5 жыл бұрын

I like that. Wotan, being the real inspiration for Santa Claus, also lacks an eye and I feel uses his raven's to more than make up for that. Letting him see more. Ravens/crows were also used as a soothing story when Norsemen were in post-battle. To see black birds picking at corpses can be horrifying, especially if a friend, so they played it as they were sent from Odin/Wotan, carrying their souls to "the next place," whether it be Hel or Valhalla.

@proudsaiyanprince2651

5 жыл бұрын

They're ravens not crows.

@jinpachibobochan3532

5 жыл бұрын

Odin is not the god of wisdom, he is just smarter than most. There are many dwarfs and even frost giants that are a lot smarter than Odin. But Odin has also his own abilities that make him powerful., He has his throne where he can see everything in Midgard and so on. Also, don't know how many times Loki did play 'tricks' on Odin...

@dennishyttmo120

5 жыл бұрын

@@jinpachibobochan3532 Well he is said to have tossed his eye in to the well of mimer to gain insight and wisdom of space and time aka "chaos" thus making him depicted as a deity of wisdom. in my personal theory i think that this is a reference to the third eye like "ajna" or "agna" in sanskrit or the eye of horus in egypt hower i got no prroof of this but only se it as an interesting taught and hope you will too :)

Not surprised ancient peoples recognized corvid (crow, ravens , etc) intelligence, recent science studies show they are.

@donrowlett2886

5 жыл бұрын

Ravens consistently solve the Monty Hall problem. The mathematician Paul Erdos is said to have been sceptical of the solution until it was demonstrated to him.

@lunawolfheart336

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah there so smart they will recognize the faces of those who wronged them and tell there buddies. So if you ever hurt a Raven and then a whole flock of them is after you don't be surprised. There also known not to corroborate with certain individuals who wronged them in some way.

My thinking is, Odin’s ravens are extensions of himself. His fear that Huginn might not return is Odin’s fear of loosing his ability to think (which is ultimately his intelligence). He fears loosing Muninn (memory/mind) more because if he loses Muninn, what is point of having intelligence, except as a sort of torture? I don’t know much about Odin (this video is all of it ;-)), what do you think?

@coolbeans3752

4 жыл бұрын

I think your right.

@davidhmuller9030

4 жыл бұрын

Well i know absurdly much about Norse and Greek mythology and you pretty much got the gist of it

@lunawolfheart336

4 жыл бұрын

Odin dose value Knowledge and even sacrificed one of his eyes to gain more

@rightinthedome9973

3 жыл бұрын

Memory makes you who you are...without memory, who are you?

@officialsteezy4541

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

Well researched....I know this has nothing to do with the video but I do appreciate how u make the time to actually go thru the comments, like and reply... I wish more KZreadrs did that

@MythologyFictionExplained

6 жыл бұрын

I do try my best to respond to people who ask questions but I've been getting a lot more comments as of late and it has become quite hard to get back to everyone.

@abnormalee93

6 жыл бұрын

And that's understandable...the effort is still appreciated

@PhillyMade

5 жыл бұрын

I try to do the same but i don’t get many comments

@red5llaw

4 жыл бұрын

@@MythologyFictionExplained Understandable. No reply needed.

Please make a complete video about Odin, his ravens (Hugin & Munin), his wolfs (Gere & Freke), his horse (Slejpner), and his spear (Gungner)

@lueleeElite

4 жыл бұрын

Patrick P his missing eye is gonir

@firxanza5172

4 жыл бұрын

Hugin and Munin are like his spies, his eyes and ears that fly throughout all realms gathering information on his behalf

@firxanza5172

4 жыл бұрын

his horse is actually the son of Loki, who was actually the mother of Sleiphnir, having temporarily taken on the form of a female horse to conceive Sleiphnir, unlike the average horse, Sleiphnir has eight legs and can fly

@PpAirO5

4 жыл бұрын

@@firxanza5172.. Waow, you seem to know some 😁 I know some of the basics, but the relationships and creations, i don't know much about... also i think that ase/asa tro (Nothern mythology) is farfetched 😅 but still somewhat cool. My ancestors were vikings 🇩🇰

@heimdallodinson3245

4 жыл бұрын

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Very nice video! The ravens as an extension of Odin, namely his luck, is something I've been interested in. The verse in Grimnismál, verse 20: Huginn ok Munin Huginn and Muninn fljúga hverjan dag Fly every day Jörmungrund yfir; Over the fields of Earth óumc ek of Hugin I fear for Huginn at hann aftr né comiþ, That he come not back, þó siámc meir um Munin. But more I fear for Muninn. If you look at the meaning of Huginn's and Muninn's names, thought and memory respectively, you can translate this as Odin's thoughts going out to the people of earth (that he would be thinking of us), and that he's fearful of losing his thoughts (losing his wisdom), but more-so losing his memory.

@hodornador6085

6 жыл бұрын

Damn...great man

@crownroyal2155

5 жыл бұрын

I had a shit day! But reading that just made me feel better.

@malarkydeeznuts3391

5 жыл бұрын

wrong cristians and satanists alike think tis luck its knowledge

@jennpark8559

2 жыл бұрын

Hi friend. I perceive you. Thank you. 😊💒

I don't have a phone. Send a raven.

@Mathieu1696

5 жыл бұрын

Wiebejamin Where are your estimated coordinates? I have a raven on standby.

@acupofwhitetea

5 жыл бұрын

I understood that reference!!

@macjulien613

5 жыл бұрын

We jammin too.

@janosk8392

5 жыл бұрын

What would you like to rave[n] about?

@derp-7274

4 жыл бұрын

Blood hound: aurther were u at

Dude, I pretty much never comment, but, I have to say, great video. I am diggin' your channel. Keep it up my good man.

Huginn(thought) and Muninn(memory). Odinn worries that one day he will lose his ability to think critically, but worries far more that he will lose his memories...

Alot of people seem to forget only half of the dead from combat actually go to Valhalla. The valkyrie chose half and Freyja choses the other half to go to her great hall of Fólkvangr. Its like valhalla only it's a place of rest, not a place to prepare for Ragnarok

@edwardcrowe3081

4 жыл бұрын

Bro points if you know the halls name in Folkvangr...

@DraconicDragon3

2 ай бұрын

The halls of valhöll is to prepare and fight for ragnarök not peace

I’m glad I found this channel it’s actually really good and his voice is very soothing

Thought and Mind, the communication between Odin and The Ravens are telepathic.

@peryngveohlin4246

3 жыл бұрын

Good to know that !

Fascinating introduction to this important aspect of Norse mythology. The common raven is one of the world's smartest birds. The common raven's intelligence is often compared to that of dolphins and chimpanzees. In experiments, they have shown they can solve problems, remember how people treated them, and plan for future events. So, the correlation between thought and memory holds true to the observations the norse people all those centuries ago and the scientists of today.

Huginn - Hugse - Remember Muninn - Minne - Memory So,- the ability to store information AND understand it later on. We all carry information that we sometimes forget, but that comes into our mind again once we experience that which reminds us of what we knew. Huginn and Muninn is a symbol representing the ability to roam through that which is known in order to find the desired information. They're basically a visual representation of wisdom.

@midwestlambsbread

4 жыл бұрын

excellent explanation, it's the Memory of the Blood!!

I feel like ive got a spiritual conection with Odin and his crows. I've lived in this house for 27 years and have always had two crows in my garden. I also had a calling in 1998 to take a long walk towards the cemetery. On the way there, i found 15 runes. I was seeking an answer about my troubled relatoonships.

Your video actually made me cry because I have dreams about this stuff

You give me so much information that I never knew. I should have taken a deeper interest in Norse myth a long time ago. I love Mythology and Norse is some of my favorite, but information is scarce where I live and I never think to look stuff up when I'm online. You've reignited my love of Myth and I plan on looking into it more. Keep these wonderful vid's coming though. I never know when you'll teach me something new and interesting that will spark my interest in a different direction. I'm very curious about the next vid's. Thanks for all the cool info.

@yentlynLMmemories

6 жыл бұрын

Same for me. I am interested in Nors Myths. But information is hard to find and even harder is time. This channel has helped me a lot already. I knew about Hugin and Munin before. But I thought they were just a nice depiction of spy's. Thx to this video I got a much better understanding about this two birds. Learned a ton. Keep up the wonderful work!

As a child, ravens gave me the chills, like some "thing" was watching me. I never felt that with other birds. And I have learnt that our "bridge" to the spiritual realm is more open when we are children. As a norseman, this makes a lot of sense to me. Thank you for a good video.

This is an outstanding video and I really enjoyed it. as a writer of high fantasy, the Visigothic books series, these two appear in my world and are the ancestors of the Huginn’s Folk. I gave them an entire civilisation and culture. Thanks for sharing the original mythology of Huginn and Muninn.

i remember reading in a book a long time ago that odin was actually blind because he gave an eye to each of his ravens, then meaning forethought and memory, so they could look into the past and future and gave odin his source of wisdom.

@connorhirst170

2 жыл бұрын

Wow you don’t remember the name of the book do you?

Thanks for this explantion. I love the Norse mythology. It has such a unique style to it. Our Dutch Sinterklaas originated from Odin I found out last year. It was very interesting and opens all kind of possibilities for my own craft.

I walked up to a raven once thinking it was injured, I picked it up… I held it for about 15 minutes and when I set it down to call a bird rescue it flew away just fine… it was an interesting experience

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@matthewmondragon2074

3 жыл бұрын

Damn belkans, if they're not influenced again those Ravens could really protect humanity instead destroying it

@mineko2219

3 жыл бұрын

Stay away from this video as it is teaching you to be a drone.

@matthewmondragon2074

3 жыл бұрын

@@mineko2219 No worries buddy, those aren't real Odin Ravens

Please please please do a longer video about Ódin! I really want to learn more about him!

"quoth the raven, 'nevermore'." this piece is very revelatory, particularly, the Norse traveler's use of the raven in new lands. certainly they saw the value of such an intelligent animal, as would their supreme being.

Like the way of it! Please keep doing more of that! 🙏🏻

This is so incredibly helpful! I’m working on a series of paintings inspired by mythology and my next one is of Odin. Thank you for the inspiration

Excellent video. Great mythtelling. I like the voice of the narrator and the images help to focus on the narrative. Thank you for the upload.

your videos are amazing! love the background tone. thank you for explaining so simply and nicely

I've always wondered what those ravens names were. I always saw them with Odin in different drawings and paintings. Even in Marvel comics, whenever I saw them with Odin, I wondered and guessed. Early on in the comics, I just thought they were drawn in there by the artist just for show. But then, after seeing them more and more, I knew there just had to be more to those damn ravens. And now, I know for sure who they are, what they mean to Odin, and why they were always around him in any drawings depicting the All Father, Odin.

@malarkydeeznuts3391

5 жыл бұрын

those arent the actual names those are the accepted names

Yay I was waiting for you to update 😫😍😍

Thank you for your research, and especially your wonderful presentation of knowledge you’ve shared👍🏻❗️

Love love your show Thank you for all your hard work

Awesome video! Can't wait for more!

I really enjoyed this video, and you explained Huginn and Munin perfectly. I have learned alot from this video, and the story you told. I will be waiting for more of your Video in the future.

Its cool to learn more about the ravens. Hugin is the origin of my last name actually. Higginson is what came from it through the years

I love your content it's always so interesting!!

One of the modern reinterpretations that I am aware of was in a role-playing game (the pencil and paper variety), in which the ravens were Odin's actual thought and memory. While they were away, he sat without thought and without memory until they returned. The snarky commentary in the book was that while his memory was gone he would sit "wondering what happened to his depth perception!"

I have always been fascinated by greek mythology and fictional characters since highschool, i tried to find books other than the illiad and odyssey but to no avail,. And so i only managed to watch movies about it, but it was too confusing from what i know.. But since i saw your channel yesterday i cant stop watching, it took me 15 years to stumble to something that satisfies my eagerness to learn about the greek mythology and other of the same topic which doesnt really stray on the original form of it. Kudos to you friend!! Hope your channel gain more subs and support! Will always like all your vids, from a friend in Phils.

@MythologyFictionExplained

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words Riel, I've been getting messages quite similar to yours from a bunch of people recently and it's a great feeling knowing that my videos are giving people a gateway into mythology.

@rielbercasio9490

6 жыл бұрын

Oh... The pleasure is mine!! I love everything that is in your channel..

Hey, thanks for sharing. That was really nice I like that that was succinct.

I love Huginn and Muninn so much 🖤

every morning i see two ravens sitting near my window and i feed them some wallnuts. it kinda reminds me of Huginn and Muninn, i even call them like this

I always loved Greek Mythology and learned a lot about it. After playing the new God of War I wanted to learn more about Norse Mythology and I'm so glad I discovered your channel!

Odin loves animals, we must consider this, also! So when I feed stay cats and dogs I think of him. Lately I start hearing ravens and now this video pop up. It is amaizing! Thank you, Odin, the most powerful God! Guide us and inspire us! Give us power to do great and evolve!

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Very insightful!

A bit late to comment! I like the relationship between man and bird. Well explained. And so little surprise the ravens became part of legend - it is often this way round. I learned something, so job done. Thank you. 👍

I love your videos,very informative and knowledgeable. Thank you

Amazing birds. Used by some to tell downfalls - the Royal plunderers.

Major parallel to ancient lore. The cherubim of the old testament sitting at the holy of holies, the winged gods surrounding the Babylonian tree of life, Anubis and Thoth at judgement.

ravens are highly intelligent birds so it makes sense that they were so greatly revered.

Thank you for this presentation. Nicely done.

Great video

Excellent, thank you ⚡️

Very good video about the 2 ravens.

I had the ravens tattooed on my shoulder huginn faces ahead and muninn on the back.

Anybody else here after Records of Ragnorok? I never knew anything about Oden and the 2 ravens until watching that show.

Do more !! You have a good voice and I can listen to more on the history of Odin and his Ravens etc...

Excellent video. Great commentary.

This makes my Odin tattoo even more fucking cooler.

Hey, I'm a new subscriber and I love all you have. Do you have any from African mythologies?

@MythologyFictionExplained

6 жыл бұрын

I don't have any videos on African mythologies unless you count Egyptian mythology as part of that. It's a topic I don't currently know much about.

@geffeternal741

6 жыл бұрын

Mythology & Fiction Explained I'ts cool. Only one I know and it seems there is info a lot of, is Anansi. 😊

@geffeternal741

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks much! I'll check that out! :D

I remember when these two defended a giant elevator while firing lasers at planes.

can't stop watching! awesome content bro! love your channel

I feel Huginn could be reinterpreted as a crow for modern stories, as a crow and raven can be thought and memory, or wisdom and intelligence. Crows have been proven to have a keen problem-solving skills down to planning ahead which is scary, ravens can recall noises better than parrots and recall very well which is also scary.

Thanks for the info. I'd never heard that relationship between ravens and Vikings was such.

Just subbed and got the notification for this. Sweet

The all father was always worried about memory because memory can be lost....

Can you make a video about Odín wolves? I really enjoy your vids, thx bud

Excellent video

Educating myself for God of War :)

@jackgude3969

5 жыл бұрын

*Shakes fist angrily* Those Aesir

@alexisboss1693

5 жыл бұрын

Same!

@AllMightyBray

4 жыл бұрын

God of war actually twist the mythology kratos isn't even important in regular mythos!

@thereplication2567

3 жыл бұрын

"Death to the Raven God."

@jennpark8559

2 жыл бұрын

Following ye are we? Lol

Not only are you episode helpful but also with out ads! You get a like just for that!

The videos on this channel are so accurate (as accurate as mythology can get); and secondly so well done... the way you deliver the information is very well... Most videos information is forgotten by the time people click the next video but not this... On a personal note I hope you one day delve into some ancient Persian/Zoroastrian mythologies as they are generally less discussed Thanks and all the best. P.s. thanks for not aaking for donations.

Wonderful as always my dear ❤

Ragnarok brought me here

Please more Norse mythology videos I love them

Even whole clans, both from Norway and Denmark as well as the other Viking territories were referred to as the “Raven Feeder” clan with different offshoots of names like the “Raven Feather” clan or simply the “raven” clan. Usually a war or conquering clan that went a Viking or did their best to create reputation and allies in newly discovered or conquered lands.

@magnusjonsson7714

3 жыл бұрын

like bear and wolf clans..

@desertegle40cal

3 жыл бұрын

@@magnusjonsson7714 exactly!

@magnusjonsson7714

3 жыл бұрын

@@desertegle40cal Dont know where u from, but alot of names in Scandinavia comes from nature.

Wait, so the final bosses in ac7 (adf-11 "raven" hugin and munin) are references in norse mythology. Cool never new that

@iliahgranovsky3400

3 жыл бұрын

Laughs in mgp

I'm here because I looked up where all the ravens are in God of War... I came here instead

You did great.

I have the ravens Hugin and Munin tattooed on my forearm

@MickVTM

4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@ragnarok9350

4 жыл бұрын

I have one on each hand

@Loompius

3 жыл бұрын

Got one on each wrist!

While subjected to the whims of the transient phenomenal world, Odin is concerned that he'll lose his thought but what is even more concerning is if he loses his mind. It's one thing to lose track and have incorrect thinking, it's easier to fix. But to lose your mind is a more grave matter.

Awesome thank you man appreciate all you do

I love the video and I'm glad that the mark of "evil" is finally being erased from these exceptional birds Thank you

@Himmyjewett

3 жыл бұрын

still creepy

@emapocubayova4763

3 жыл бұрын

@@Himmyjewett Yes, I imagine they can be quite unsettling for most people

@Himmyjewett

3 жыл бұрын

@@emapocubayova4763 I mean any smart animal that follows armies knowing that they will be dead to eat is unsettling

I love Ravens plus i follow Odin and the other Norse Gods love your videos they help with my writing cheers mate keep it up

I CLICKED AWAY MY EXO CONCERT TO WATCH THIS. THATS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL.

@eddier.3943

6 жыл бұрын

Same

@foreverus3788

6 жыл бұрын

Me too! Lol.

@brunobucciarati834

6 жыл бұрын

forever Us AYEEEE EXO-L?

Really enjoy your videos

Ty I enjoyed this

Thank you for this video! ❤

Woden Æfreleornere Thanks for the detailed information.

Interesting To Note! Thxs.

Interesting, Thxs.

It's fun seeing this concept integrated within the latest God of war game.

@yarixzamendoza6314

5 жыл бұрын

hi Ivar the boneless lol

On many occasions I've seen two large Ravens together on trees making the sounds that they do then flying off together

Question, where/how do you conduct your research for the different mythologies? Great video! I plan on watching all of them.

Very enjoyable, thank you.

Fun fact:Ace combat 7 community use the name from ravens of odin to name the two adf 11f ravens which are from Z.O.E Factory to Get the data from the space elevator.

Love this video

Could you please do videos on Freya and Frigg?

I see the birds Memory as past and Thought as future. He's scared of what is to come but even more so to lose what he has. I don't think he is necessarily scared of losing his mind, more literally I think he's scared of death. I think this because Odin knew he was fated to die to Fenrir during Ragnarok and perhaps seeking knowledge to change his fate. Knowing full well he couldn't.