Sleipnir

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Sleipnir is the eight-legged, supernaturally fast horse of Norse mythology, renowned as the steed of the god Odin.

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Sleipnir canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Odin's steed
creature in Norse mythology
mythological horse
ability travel between realms
travel to Hel
appearsIn Poetic Edda
Prose Edda
appearsOn Ardre VIII stone
Tjängvide image stone
associatedPlace Asgard
Valhalla
associatedWith Odin
shapeshifting of Loki
world tree Yggdrasil
linked to: Yggdrasil
belongsTo Æsir
linked to: Aesir
bornFrom Loki in mare form
stallion Svaðilfari
linked to: Svaðilfari
creationContext story of the builder of Asgard's wall
culture Norse mythology
depictedWith eight legs
describedBy Snorri Sturluson
gender male
hasColor grey
hasDepictionType manuscript illustrations
runestone carvings
languageOfOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
mentionedIn Grímnismál
Gylfaginning
Skáldskaparmál
linked to: Prose Edda
mythType etiological myth of origin
nameMeaning slippery one
notableCharacteristic best of all horses
can travel between worlds
grey in color
supernaturally fast
numberOfLegs 8
parent Loki
Svaðilfari
relatedTo Loki
Odin
Svaðilfari
riddenBy Odin
roleInMyth Odin's mount on journeys
transport for the dead
symbolOf Odin's power
shamanic journey
speed
transportOf Odin to Hel to question a völva

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Odin mount Sleipnir
Loki child Sleipnir
Gungnir relatedTo Sleipnir
Geri relatedMythicAnimal Sleipnir
Hermóðr rides Sleipnir