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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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- Norse mythology
- Gender
- male organism
- Father
- Svaðilfari
- Mother
- Loki
- Sibling
- Nari
- Owned by
- Odin
- Image
- Ardre Odin Sleipnir.jpg
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- Sleipnir
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- Sleipnir
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- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
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