![]() ![]() Some texts described that Sleipnir carried Odin across the ocean, through the win, up to the sky. And Norse mythology had it that no horse in the cosmos could run faster than Sleipnir. Sleipnir means Slippy or the Slipper in Old Norse. Sleipnir is generally accepted as depicted on two 8th century Gotlandic image stones: the Tjängvide image stone and the Ardre VIII image stone. To put it simply, Sleipnir outran any horse in the cosmos. Sleipnir is also mentioned in a riddle found in the 13th century legendary saga Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks, in the 13th-century legendary saga Völsunga saga as the ancestor of the horse Grani, and book I of Gesta Danorum, written in the 12th century by Saxo Grammaticus, contains an episode considered by many scholars to involve Sleipnir. Sleipnir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. The Prose Edda contains extended information regarding the circumstances of Sleipnir's birth, and details that he is grey in color. In Norse mythology, Sleipnir /slepnr/ (Old Norse: slipnez 'slippy' or 'the slipper' ) is an eight-legged horse ridden by Odin. He is described as the best of all horses, and is sometimes ridden to the location of Hel. The Tjängvide image stone dating to the Viking Age found in Gotland, Sweden and probably showing Odin on his horse Sleipnir (or otherwise a dead man arriving at Odins hall of Valhalla) on the middle-right. Grani was an equally powerful horse owned in later years by the hero Sigurd. Here he is said to be an ancestor of Grani. Sleipnir’s name appears again in the 13th century Volsunga Saga. In both sources, Sleipnir is Odin's steed and the child of Loki and Svaðilfari. A riddle found in the Old Norse Hervarar saga ok heiðreks, mentions the great horse Sleipnir, the son of Loki. Sleipnir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In Norse mythology, Sleipnir (Old Norse "slippy" or "the slipper") is an eight-legged horse ridden by Odin. ![]()
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