That he come not back,
Yet more anxious am I for Munin.
And in Odin’s Raven-song, Hug (Hugin) goes forth to explore the heavens. Odin’s mind, then, is the flying raven; he is the spiritual ruler.
Odin has two wolves, Gere and Freke (the greedy one and the voracious one). Odin gives the meat that is set on his table to these two wolves; for he himself stands in no need of food. Wine is for him both meat and drink. Thus the Elder Edda, in Grimner’s lay:
Gere and Freke
Feeds the war-faring,
Triumphant father of hosts;
For ’tis with wine only
That Odin in arms renowned
Is nourished forever.