Dough mold raven "Wotan's Ravens" (Hugin and Munin), stainless steel cookie cutter
Raven" cookie cutter, made of stainless steel for making symbolic pastries
Hugin and Munin are Odin's ravens.
Odin is also known by the name Hrafnáss (Raven God), among others.
His two ravens:
- Hugin (Icelandic: Huginn) comes from the Old Norse verb huga and means: to think / the thought. Hugin thinks about everything he sees and draws his conclusions from it.
- Munin (Icelandic: Muninn) comes from the Old Norse verb muna and means: to remember / the memory. Munin remembers everything he has seen.
Together they fly through the worlds and in the evening they return to Odin and tell him what they have seen and heard.
In Norse mythology, they are considered mystical and magical creatures who, among other things, can distinguish truth from lies.
The beautifully baked pastry should make us thoughtful, remind us of Odin's ravens Hugin the thought and Munin the memory!
The Raven - Wotan's bird of death, soul and guide to the "Otherworld" - made of stainless steel for baking symbolic pastries.
- Ravens were often considered "messengers of doom", partly because of their desire to eat carrion. They often gathered in large numbers in places where battles took place to feed on the bodies of the fallen.
- Ravens are said to have a close connection to death, and at execution sites, bodies remained hanging until they were picked clean to the bone by the ravens.
- The raven as a bird of death is associated with the god of war and raven god Wotan.
The magpie also belongs to the group of corvids. In Norse mythology, it is a messenger of the gods, but also a companion bird of the goddess of death, Hel.
The Celtic goddess of war and death, Morrigan, carried the souls of fallen warriors to Valhalla in the form of ravens.
The lay of the gods "Vafþrúðnismál" describes the creation of the earth.
Ginnungagap is described as the empty space at the beginning of the world. In primeval times, even before creation, Ginnungagap lay between the glowing Muspellsheim in the south and the icy Niflheim in the north.
Before the world was created, there was nothing but the Ginnungagap, in which the first being named "Ymir" lived - The world was formed from Ymir's individual body parts. The earth was created from his flesh, the sky from his skull, the mountains from his bones, and the sea from his blood. We therefore do not regard the skull / death's head as something spooky, because it is, like everything else, a part of creation.
The raven is considered a connection to the transition into the "world of the dead" - its intelligence, magical powers and clairvoyant abilities make it the bird of death, soul and guide to the "Otherworld" par excellence.
The god of death, Odin, is also known by the name Hrafnáss (Raven God), among others.
In popular belief, the raven became the sinister and unlucky bird of death. This bad reputation arose especially due to religious influences and demonization during the Middle Ages.
The raven is a common iconic symbolic figure in Norse mythology. The raven banner (Old Norse: hrafnsmerki) was a possibly totemic flag flown by various Viking chieftains and other Scandinavian rulers in the 9th, 10th and 11th centuries.
Bake symbolic pastries with the "Raven" cookie cutter (thought and memory)!
- Stainless steel cookie cutter
- dishwasher safe
- Width approx. 5 cm
- Height approx. 6.5 cm
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Price per cookie cutter, without the decoration shown here!