Sleipnir
Sleipnir is an eight-legged horse born from Loki after Loki, in the form of a mare, was impregnated by the jötunn's horse Svaðilfari.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 700 CE
- Attested period
- 700 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in the Prose Edda, 13th-century Icelandic source.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Svaðilfari, Mephisto, Skipbladnir, Gullfaxi, Njörðr, Freyr, Ægir, Skaði, Þjazi, Baldr, Freyja, Iðunn, Óðr, Hnoss, Frigg, Saint Nicholas, Krampus, Loki, Thor, Angrboða, Móðguðr, Valkyrie
- serves
- Odin
- parent of
- Grani
- child of
- Svaðilfari, Loki
Mentioned by
- Njörðr
- Freyr
- Ægir
- Skaði
- Þjazi
- Baldr
- Freyja
- Iðunn
- Óðr
- Hnoss
- Frigg
- Saint Nicholas
- Krampus
- Loki
- Thor
- Angrboða
and 4 more
Sources
Source passages
“Loki, in the form of a mare, has been impregnated by the jötunn's horse, Svaðilfari, and so gives birth to Sleipnir”
#12635 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Santa Claus's reindeer has also been compared to Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse of Odin in Norse mythology.”
#38329 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The character also on occasion uses the eight-legged steed Sleipnir and the enchanted ship Skipbladnir, which can navigate the "sea of space" and shrink to the size of a toy.”
#38512 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Two of the 8th century picture stones from the island of Gotland, Sweden depict eight-legged horses, which are thought by most scholars to depict Sleipnir: the Tjängvide image stone and the Ardre VIII image stone. Both stones feature a rider sitting atop an eight-legged horse, which some scholars view as Odin”
#38578 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001