Sleipner

Role: horse · First appears: Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter VII · On the Wonderful Things in Heaven

Life events

• Loke bore a gray foal with eight feet, Sleipner, the best horse among gods and men.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter XIII · Odin's Horse and Frey's Ship)
  • With: Loki
  • “But Loke had run such a race with Svadilfare that he some time after bore a foal. It was gray, and had eight feet, and this is the best horse among gods and men.”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter VII · On the Wonderful Things in Heaven

• with Odin (Odin owns Sleipner.) “Sleipner is the best one; he belongs to Odin, and he has eight feet.”
• employer: Odin “Sleipner is the best one; he belongs to Odin, and he has eight feet.”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter XIII · Odin's Horse and Frey's Ship

• parent: Loki “But Loke had run such a race with Svadilfare that he some time after bore a foal. It was gray, and had eight feet, and this is the best horse among gods and men.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Eddas. Made with Rho MD.