Sleipnir loki
Though Loki dwelled in Asgard with the gods, his origin was traced back in Jotunheim, land of the giant. *Whether Loki was a god or a giant remained a mystique. At Ragnarok, Odin rode Sleipnir to attend his final battle. He was able to go to Helheim he once carried Hermod and Odin there. No horse in Norse myth could outrun Sleipnir. He could gallop over the sea and through the air as well as on land. Sleipnir was the most suitable in this case as he got the blood of the best horse (Svadilfari) and the giant/god (Loki)*. Being the Aesir chief god, Odin needed a supernatural and mighty ride that could bring him through the Nine Realms.
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Months later, Loki turned up at Asgard and presented the horse Sleipnir to Odin as a gift. Interestingly, Loki (as a mare) was the mother of Sleipnir. And Loki and Svadifari after the chasing gave birth to the little horse called Sleipnir. The result, of course, was that the giant did not finish the task in time, getting angry with the gods though being killed quickly afterward. The mare (Loki in disguise) managed to distract the stallion from finishing the task. On one night, Loki shapeshifted into a special mare. And as usual, Loki came up with some tricks. Then the gods decided that Loki was to the one to bear the responsibilities. The gods were worried that the giant would finish the task in time and they would lose Freya, the sun, and the moon to the giant. The only one helping the giant was his stallion Svadifari who did the work twice as much as the giant did. In fact, the Gods firmly believed that the giant builder could not accomplish the task thereby, they hilariously wanted to test the giant.Ĭontrary to the gods’ belief, the giant builder constructed the wall without any difficulties and even at an incredible speed. The Gods (actually Loki’s idea) agreed to give the builder the payment as long as he finished the task within one season without any help from men. The builder said he would finish the wall within three seasons and the Gods must give him Freya, the sun, and the moon. Long long ago, a giant with great building skills and strength came to Asgard and offered to build the wall protecting Asgard. Sleipnir was the child of Loki and Svadilfari. Sleipnir is one of Odin’s many shamanic helping spirits, ranks that also include the valkyries and Hugin and Munin, and he can probably be classified as a fylgja.
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The most interesting part about Sleipnir must be his background. Odin riding Sleipnir (detail from the Tjngvide Runestone) Sleipnir (pronounced SLAYP-nir Old Norse Sleipnir, The Sliding One) is the eight-legged horse of the god Odin. Sleipnir was given to Odin by Loki Norse Trickster. Sleipnir meant “the slipper” in Old Norse. Odin, however, was in possession of another mighty animal, whose name was Sleipnir, an eight-legged horse. Thereby, the famous and constant animal companions of Odin were the ravens and wolves. Commonly, Odin is depicted on his High Throne with a pair of ravens perching on his shoulders and a pair of wolves under his feet.