A depiction of the unnamed master builder
with the horse Svaðilfari, 1919 by Robert Engels
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In Norse mythology, Svaðilfari ('unlucky traveler') was a
stallion that fathered the eight-legged horse Sleipnir with Loki
(in the form of a mare). Svaðilfari was owned by the disguised
and unnamed hrímthurs who built the walls of Asgard. Svaðilfari
was the strongest stallion and it performed twice the deeds
of strength as the builder, and hauled enormous
rocks to the surprise of the gods
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with the horse Svaðilfari, 1919 by Robert Engels
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In Norse mythology, Svaðilfari ('unlucky traveler') was a
stallion that fathered the eight-legged horse Sleipnir with Loki
(in the form of a mare). Svaðilfari was owned by the disguised
and unnamed hrímthurs who built the walls of Asgard. Svaðilfari
was the strongest stallion and it performed twice the deeds
of strength as the builder, and hauled enormous
rocks to the surprise of the gods
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'Loki and Svadilfari', 1909 by Dorothy Hardy
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And the eight-legged Sleipnir was born - the child of Loki
and Svaðilfari. Sleipnir was Odin's steed and it was described
as the best of all horse and it could run as fast as the wind.
Sleipnir was sometimes ridden to the location of Hel by Odin
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The Norse god Odin on his horse Sleipnir, featured on
the Tjängvide image stone in Vallhalla. It also can depict
a killed warrior on his way to Vallhalla greeted
by Valkyries with horn goblet in their hands
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Odin rides on Sleipnir,
made by Dagfin Werenskjold (1892-1977)
'Yggdrasilfrisen', Oslo Town Hall, Norway
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Odin and Sleipnir illustrated by John Bauer in 1911
for Our 'Fathers' Godsaga' by Viktor Rydberg
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W.G. Collingwood (1854 - 1932): illustration to 'Baldrs
draumar', Odin rides to Hel on Sleipnir, 1908
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Odin and Slipnir by Arthur Rackham
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Odin sits atop his steed Sleipnir, his ravens
Huginn and Muninn and wolves Geri and Freki
nearby 1895 by Lorenz Frølich,
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