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• #Sleipnir the snow fell plus

He transformed himself into a beautiful mare and trotted about, distracting the jötunn’s stallion Svaðilfari until the two horses stole off into the nearby woods. Loki was tasked with fixing the impending mess. Loki figured prominently in the deal, so as the deadline for the wall’s completion neared, it was no surprise that the wall was on schedule, the stranger was a giant in disguise, and the gods would soon have to pay up. The Æsir had commissioned a strange man and his horse to build the famous wall of Ásgard, in exchange for the Sun and Moon, and Freya’s hand in marriage. The most popular story of Sleipnir is probably the account of his unusual birth. However, it’s assumed he only had four legs, which apparently cost him the number one spot in the lore for godly steeds.

#Sleipnir the snow fell plus

This would be shocking to us, but apparently it wasn’t that uncommon – another horse, Gullfaxi, was portrayed with the same qualities, plus a golden colour. He is attested to in the Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Gesta Danorum, the Völsunga saga, and in poetry, art, folklore, and place names.Īs the “best of horses,” Sleipnir is grey in colour, has eight legs, and can not only ride to Hel and back, but might also fly through the sky and traverse water as though it were land. Although he is the son of a god, Sleipnir is not counted among the Æsirin the lists and stories of the gods (like his half-sister Hel) and instead is described as the steed of Óðin. Sleipnir is the son of Lokiand the jötunn stallion Svaðilfari.