In Norse mythology, Hugin and Munin were two ravens who served the god Odin as informants, flying over Midgard and reporting what they found. While Munin the game takes inspiration from that story ...

I knew a Swedish seaman who, as a small child, had bathtub rubber ducks named Hugin and Munin, after the crows that protected the god Odin, in exchange for plucking out one of his eyes.