Note 91 — Chapter VI · ODIN OF THE NORTH.
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Grimnismál, 19–20, also mentions these ravens.
19.
The battle-tamer (Odin) feeds
Geri and Freki,
The famous father of hosts (Herjafödr)
And by wine alone
The weapon-famous
Odin always lives.
20.
Hugin and Munin
Fly every day
Over the wide earth;
I am afraid Hugin
Will not come back,
But still more of Munin.
Poetical names were given to these ravens by Eyvind Skalda-spillir; they are called the Swans of Farmatýr (the god of cargoes), i.e., the Swans of Odin.