Talk:Huginn and Muninn

Correction
It is a popular misconception to think the names Huginn and Muninn translate into "Thought" and "Memory". If this were the case, their names would be "Hugh" and "Munn" in Old Norse. The "-inn" suffixes indicates "mastery of" as is found in Oðinn "Master of Oð". This should be corrected. - Octane818, 21 March 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.217.140.83 (talk) 15:27, 21 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Actually, -inn was used to denote an adjective (of or pertaining to, made of, related origin, etc), similar (and probably related) to Latin -inus. Thus Oðinn probably meant something akin to "raging, furious, etc", since Old Norse oð meant "rage, fury, madness". -- Myrddin_Wyllt 4/21/2013 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.64.210.28 (talk) 04:53, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Popular culture
None of the below seems in the least interesting, notable or worthwhile to me. I removed it from the article. - Haukur Þorgeirsson 17:24, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Along with Odin, Hugin and Mugin appear in "Odin's Ravens", a racing game by Thorsten Gimmler, published in Europe by Kosmos, and later published in the USA by Rio Grand Games.

Hugin and Muninn appear in Neil Gaiman's novel American Gods, along with their master Odin and the wolves Freki and Geri.

At a point in the movie, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Ron Burgundy exclaims "Great Odin's raven!".

Munin, Freki,Hati, Skoll and Geri are all pack member terms in Laurel K Hamilton's Anita Blake - The Vampire Hunter Book series.

Huginn and Muninn are the names of Ravens belonging to the villain Valentine Morgenstern in Cassandra Claire's "The Mortal Instruments" series —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.107.130.84 (talk) 11:36, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

"List of fictional birds"
Should that be included in an article based on mythology? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.183.207.238 (talk) 06:51, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

I would not think so. There is a distinct difference between Fictional and Mythological. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomtaro (talk • contribs) 17:07, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

I am wrong. Both mythical and fictional birds are listed on the link. It seems odd. thomtaro
 * I agree. I've since removed the link and corrected a similar category. bloodofox: (talk) 18:57, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

is a translation 'Mugin?'
About one old book on the net says 'Mugin' instead, but at least one translation of the Younger Edda (maybe where the poem in the article came from) says 'Munin.' Is there another meaning for 'Mugin' or is it in another Germanic language or is it just an error?--Dchmelik (talk) 06:32, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It sounds like they've just sort of merged Munin into Hugin. Otherwise, I'm afraid that I don't know what that's about. bloodofox: (talk) 20:52, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
 * It's incorrect. BodvarBjarki (talk) 07:27, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Eald Englisc
So many Norse language article names for the modern English wikipedia, what would be the closer attested to English (Anglo-Saxon / Old English) names rather than Norse loan words for Huginn & Muninn? We need this for not only this article but the vast majority of Germanic/Teutonic/Anglo-Saxon folklore and indigenous religion/mythologies as the closer name. The "Eald Englisc" wikipedia, if it had cross referenced pages on all such article entries, which it doesn't, would suffice. Though technically the closer attested transliteration that is not a loan word (as these are) would be the Anglo-Saxon variants. 4.242.174.174 (talk) 08:16, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Huginn and Muninn are only attested in Old Norse. bloodofox: (talk) 15:37, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The given name "Hugh" is related though, and attested to, in English lines into the olden English days are they not? Reconstruction certainly could exist for that. 4.242.174.141 (talk) 10:12, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Meaning of Muninn
This article says that Munin is derived from a root meaning "memory" or "mind". According to this article, however, this etymology is unlikely because the word for memory is minni. The article states that munr, meaning "desire", is the more likely source, and also that Odin describes his worrying for losing Muninn in the Grímnismál; if it meant "memory", it might be a little ironic since Odin is in the middle of reciting a poem. Vimitsu (talk) 02:31, 23 October 2015 (UTC)


 * The sources used for rendering huginn and muninn are from widely used academic works. We can add information from other reliable, academic sources, but amateur websites are not reliable sources here. &#58;bloodofox: (talk) 02:40, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

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“Modernly” is A WORD in English!
IT IS MORE MODERNLEY THAN THE PAST

Correct the sentence to make it grammatical. 69.160.102.219 (talk) 20:17, 6 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Modernly is a adjective Kryzt33n (talk) 03:06, 4 February 2024 (UTC)