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Sleipnir
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.35|Depiction of Sleipnir in a detail on the Tjängvide image stone. In Norse mythology, Sleipnir (Old Norse: "slippy" or "the slipper") is an eight-legged horse ridden by Odin. Sleipnir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, Sleipnir is Odin's steed, is the child of Loki and Svaðilfari, is described as the best of all horses, and is sometimes ridden to the location of Hel. The Prose Edda contains extended information regarding the circumst
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Vinony's link graph records 620 inbound references to Sleipnir, and connects out to Odin, runic script and Freyja.
It is catalogued under topics including Children of Loki, Horses in mythology and Legendary creatures with supernumerary body parts.
Vinony links it to 49 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Norse mythology
- Gender
- male organism
- Father
- Svaðilfari
- Mother
- Loki
- Sibling
- Nari
- Owned by
- Odin
- Image
- Ardre Odin Sleipnir.jpg
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- Sleipnir
- different from
- Sleipnir
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
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