Gullfaxi, the horse that Thor picked up from the giant Hrungnir as a tribe of conquest before offering it to his son Magni, was also an extremely fast and enduring horse but he did not dethrone Sleipnir. Famously, it is even able to ferry Odin safely in and out of Hel, the realm of the dead.Īfter several months, Sleipnir had become a very large and powerful horse, perhaps even the most powerful, enduring and fast of the nine worlds. In addition to racing over the ground, Odin’s mighty steed can also fly through the air and swim through water. Its strength knows no equal, and its heart knows no fear. Sleipnir is “the best among horses.” It can gallop faster, jump higher, kick harder, and whinny louder than any other horse, whether it is found grazing on the grass of Midgard or feasting in the rich stables of Asgard. Hrungnir’s own horse Gullfaxi is enraged by this, and Hrungnir mounts his horse in order to attack Odin. The leads Odin into boasting, challenging the giant to find a horse in Jotunheim that is Sleipnir’s equal. In another story, Odin rides Sleipnir to Jotunheim, the realm of the giants, where he encounters the giant Hrungir, who complements Odin on the quality of his horse. Only Sleipnir has the strength to jump over the gates that block entry into the realm of the dead. In the story of the death of Balder, a son of Odin, Hermodr rides Sleipnir down to Helheim in order to treat with the goddess Hel for his return. The special strength and speed of Sleipnir are emphasized in many stories from Norse mythology. It seems that Sleipnir also had his own children, as according to a riddle described in a 13th-century text, Sleipnir is an ancestor of Grani, a horse owned by the hero Sigurd, and probably given to him by Odin himself.
It has been used many times in video games such as Final Fantasy, Ragnarok and others. Sometimes, it is being shown with a split from the hips and shoulders, as two legs both distinct and joined together, while often, the knee that the leg is divided is focused on. Sleipnir has each leg doubled which is 8 legs in total. According to a myth, its teeth were engraved with runes as Valkyries had requested. Its fur is grey, while its tail and mane are deep dark grey. Sleipnir is the incarnation of a powerful, muscular, great horse. It seems that for the northern peoples this winged horse embodied the hope that the heroically fallen would eventually be led to the residence of the gods.
Sleipnir was the famous horse of the god Odin the All-father, with which he descended from heaven to earth and led to Asgard the heroes who fell in battle. From the meeting of the two horses, Sleipnir was born, a winged horse with eight legs. The god Loki transformed into a beautiful mare, attracted the giant's magic horse and led it to a forest. The gods promised the giant that if he completed the work in three winters, they would give him the Sun, the Moon and the goddess of love Freya.īut the gods, seeing that the giant was using the magic horse Svadilfari, to carry huge volumes of rock with incredible speed, changed their minds, so that the giant could not meet the terms of the agreement and so did not have to fulfill their promise. In order to build the castle, the gods were looking for a skilled craftsman, whom they found in the face of a giant. Myth wants the Scandinavian gods to reside up in the sky in a castle called "Asgard". Traveling north, to the country of Vikings, Iceland, we meet this winged horse that does not simply belong to a hero, but to the leading deity of the Icelandic pantheon, the father of gods and humans, Odin. But, surprisingly, Loki was not the father, but the mother of Sleipnir. Sleipnir was a son of Loki, the trickster god that lived among the Asgardian gods. Odin is a warrior god, thus when going to war it is on the back of his eight-legged horse, Sleipnir (The origin of the name “Sleipnir” would come from the Old Norse “the sliding one”, due to his ability to slide between worlds). Tags : sexy A.I.Introducing Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse Remember, all Art Sexy Girl are beautiful and sexy. This Art is stylistically curated NFTs that exist on the Ethereum Blockchain. This Collection is Digital art of Woman (vedeo, Image ) with face randomly generated. Discover A collection of pictures of beautiful women that don't exist in real life.
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