Tableau Viking Dieu des Corbeaux Valknut The trunk of the tree

The trunk of the tree represents the axis of the world

The Viking Ship

This path is called Helveg and can be translated as "the path of the dead"

he gave birth to two vengeful gods named Vidar and Vali respectively

the gods went to the dwarves to ask for their help

Tableau Viking Dieu des Corbeaux Valknut The trunk of the treeOdin, God of Ravens The King of Gods Odin has two crows named Hugin, Memory and Munin, Thought. They are his eyes and his ears reporting to him all that they can observe and hear in the different worlds. Odin is often depicted with his ravens. He appears on the battlefields with a multitude of crows to mark, with a symbol called the Valknut, the bodies of lifeless Vikings who died bravely in battle, so that their souls can be accompanied to Valhalla.