In other stories, he seems only slightly bigger than an average horse, only with eight legs. This story is typical of tales concerning Sleipnir, which often depict him as immensely large, carrying Odin through the realms where some evidence of their passage is left behind. In Iceland, the glacial canyon Ásbyrgi is known as Sleipnir’s Footprint in the horse’s honor.Īccording to legend, the great horse, carrying Odin, rode through this area and one of his hooves landed amidst a forest, creating the canyon. He is the son of the god Loki (in the form of a mare) and the stallion Svadilfari who belonged to the jötunn that built the walls of Asgard. Sleipnir is the eight-legged horse ridden primarily by the god Odin in Norse mythology.
Sleipnir is always depicted as incredibly swift and the “best of all horses”. Photo courtesy Germanic Mythology, Public Domain This illustrated copy of the Prose Edda contains 23 drawings of subjects from Norse mythology. The image is to be found in Manuscript AM 738 4to or Edda oblongata, c.
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