The Pattern Still Remains

The name is derived from Odin’s name Yggr (the deep thinker), and drasil (carrier) - it therefore means the Bearer or Manifestor of God.

Harper’s Book of Facts, 1905.

One of Odin’s handmaidens, who selected those to be slain in battle and bore their souls to Valhalla.

International Book of Names by C.O. Sylvester Mawson, 1933.

On his shoulders he carries two ravens, Hugin (mind) and Munin (memory), whom he dispatches every day to bring him news of all that is doing throughout the world.

A Dictionary of the Noted Names in Fiction by William A. Wheeler, 1865.

The god of eloquence and wisdom. He was the guardian of a well in which wit and wisdom lay hidden, and of which he drank every morning from the horn Gjallar. Odin once drank from this fountain, and by doing so became the wisest of gods and men; but he purchased the privilege and distinction at the cost of one eye, which Mimir exacted from him.

A Dictionary of the Noted Names in Fiction by William A. Wheeler, 1865.

One of Odin’s two ravens, who carried him news from earth, and who, when not thus employed, perched upon his shoulders.

A Dictionary of the Noted Names in Fiction by William A. Wheeler, 1865.

The name of Odin’s spear or lance.

A Dictionary of the Noted Names in Fiction by William A. Wheeler, 1865.

• Osiris
• Dionysos
• Tammuz/Dumuzi
• Attis
• the Dictean Zeus
• Men
• Orpheus
• Mithra
• Baal
• Baldur
• Adonis
• Wodin/Odin

An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols by J.C. Cooper, 1978.