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Odin and ravens (Huginn and Muninn), gilt silver pendant, 22 mm, ca 10th C, northern Belarus.

From the Poetic Edda poem Grímnismál:
"Hugin and Munin fly each day
over the spacious earth.
I fear for Hugin, that he come not back,
yet more anxious am I for Munin."

Huginn (thought) and Muninn (mind). Friend Manu pointed out that Munn also means "mind" in Sanskrit and Hindi, a nice record of Indo-European continuity.

An example found in Lincolnshire, England: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/636553


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