Note 640 — Chapter XII · HEATHENDOM.
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Wolves and ravens appear to have been Oþinn’s sacred animals: the Saxon legends do not record anything on this subject; but here and there we do hear of sacred trees, which may possibly have been dedicated to this god: thus the Wónác (Cod. Dipl. No. 495), the Wonstoc (Ibid. Nos. 287, 657), “ad quendam fraxinum quem imperiti sacrum vocant.” Ibid. No. 1052. Respecting the sacred character of the ash see Grimm, Myth. p. 617.