Odins Raben und die Midgardschlange, Sculpture in Weimar, Germany

Odins Raben und die Midgardschlange is a 1992 sculpture group by Anne-Katrin Altwein on Burgplatz in Weimar, set on a children's playground with a sandbox. Two ravens of polished black diabase, 1.05 m tall, stand with one having spread but not extended wings. Between them, eight flat rectangular slabs of red sandstone are arranged in a serpent shape, carved with engravings in the style of old garment fibulae.

Anne-Katrin Altwein made the group in 1992; it stands on Burgplatz in front of the Weimar Stadtschloss, beside the ACC café and a children's sandpit. The ravens Hugin and Munin are carved from black polished diabase, 1.05 m tall, one with wings opened but not spread. The Midgard serpent is shown by eight flat rectangular slabs of red sandstone laid in a snake line, cut with engravings in the style of old garment fibulae.

The ravens are Hugin and Munin, Thought and Memory in Norse myth; the serpent is Jörmungandr, whose head rises above the water in the tradition. The red sandstone slabs are carved in the style of old garment fibulae, and Odin's cult survived in this region until Christianisation around the start of the 6th century. Board games from around the world are played on the slabs, for instance with coloured beans.

The sculpture stands on Burgplatz in front of the Stadtschloss, beside the Café ACC and a children's playground with a sandbox. The ravens and the eight red sandstone slabs sit at ground level, so you can walk around them and look at the engravings up close. The site is outdoors and open to view at any time.

The eight red sandstone slabs are carved in the style of old garment fibulae, and board games from around the world are engraved on them, playable with coloured beans. The ravens Hugin and Munin were worked into Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen, where Odin appears as Wotan.