other uses Sleipnir disambiguation Image Odin rides to Hel.jpg thumb 300px Odin Rides to Hel location Hel 1908 by W. G. Collingwood . In Norse mythology , Sleipnir Old Norse slippy ref name ORCHARD151 ... . 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 ... regarding the circumstances of Sleipnir s birth, and details that he is grey in color. Additionally, Sleipnir is mentioned in a riddle found in the 13th century legendary saga Hervarar saga ok ... by many scholars to involve Sleipnir. Sleipnir is generally accepted as depicted on two 8th ... stone . Scholarly theories have been proposed regarding Sleipnir s potential connection to shamanism shamanic practices among the Norse paganism Norse pagans . In modern times, Sleipnir appears in Scandinavian ..., and in the names of ships. Attestations Poetic Edda Image Odin and Sleipnir John Bauer.jpg thumb Odin and Sleipnir 1911 by John Bauer illustrator John Bauer . In the Poetic Edda , Sleipnir appears ... tells the boy Agnar in verse that Sleipnir is the best of horses Odin is the best of the sir , Sleipnir ... tells the hero Sigurd Sigur r that runic alphabet runes should be cut on Sleipnir s teeth and on the sledge ... the sir convene about the god Baldr s bad dreams, Odin places a saddle on Sleipnir and the two ... Sleipnir with Sva ilfari , and thirdly one monster that was thought the most baleful, who was descended ... riding Sleipnir.jpg thumb An illustration of Odin riding Sleipnir from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript ... Herm r upon Sleipnir left , Baldr upper right , and Hel lower right . In the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning , Sleipnir is first mentioned in chapter 15 where the enthroned figure of High, Just ... of the sir s horses. The list begins with Sleipnir best is Sleipnir, he is Odin s, he has eight ... Sleipnir. ref name FAULKES34 Faulkes 1995 34 . ref In chapter 42, Sleipnir s origins are described ... more details
Sleipnir is an eight legged horse in Norse mythology. Sleipnir or Sleipner may also refer to Ships and offshore Sleipner gas field Sleipner A , an offshore platform HNoMS Sleipner HNoMS Sleipner , three different warships in service with the Royal Norwegian Navy between 1877 and 1992 Sleipner class destroyer Sleipner class destroyer , a class of Norwegian destroyers Sleipner class corvette Sleipner class corvette , a class of corvettes MS Sleipner MS Sleipner , a passenger catamaran Sports IK Sleipner , a Swedish sports club SK Sleipner , a Norwegian sports club Web and games Sleipnir web browser Sleipnir, a type of horse enemy in Final Fantasy XII Materials Uddeholm Sleipner Sleipner tool steel , a tool steel grade disambig de Sleipnir Begriffskl rung fr Sleipnir homonymie no Sleipner andre betydninger nn Sleipner fleirtyding sv Sleipner olika betydelser ... more details
Orphan date December 2010 Sleipnir Glacier coor dm 66 29 S 63 59 W is a glacier 10 nautical miles 18 km long, flowing into the west side of Cabinet Inlet between Balder and Spur Points , on the east coast of Graham Land . Charted in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey FIDS , who named it after the horse of the mythological Norse god Odin. It was photographed from the air during 1947 by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition RARE under Ronne. usgs gazetteer Category Glaciers of Graham Land Category Foyn Coast GrahamLand geo stub ... more details
Infobox software name Sleipnir web browser developer Fenrir Inc , Osaka , Japan frequently updated Yes ... iOS genre Web browser license Proprietary software Proprietary website URL http www.fenrir inc.com Sleipnir .... Like the last two releases Sleipnir was included in a browser ballot screen on the EU edition of Windows ... and browsers during the installation process. The names Sleipnir and Fenrir are both from Norse mythology where Sleipnir is the eight legged horse of Odin and Fenrir is a monstrous wolf. The browser is currently limited to two languages English and Japanese. History File Sleipnir acid3.png 200px left thumb Sleipnir 3 RC2 scores 95 in the Acid3 test. Sleipnir was originally developed by Yasuyuki Kashiwagi now the president of Fenrir & Co , but in November 2004, he had his computer with Sleipnir ... Sleipnir PictBear ? ref In 2005, he established Fenrir & Co. for the purpose of restarting development of Sleipnir as version 2.x, which has no compatibility with the original version. As of 2006 Sleipnir had 6.0 of the market share in Japan. ref ja icon http japan.cnet.com marketing story 0,3800080523,20220327,00.htm Sleipnir Grani ... location. Fenrir has released Sleipnir 3.X alpha version with plans to release other language versions. Sleipnir was one of twelve browsers offered through a ballot to EU users of Microsoft Windows ... www.fenrir inc.com English, Japanese 3.x http www.fenrir.co.jp sleipnir Japanese homepage 3.x http sleipnir.pos.to Japanese homepage 1.x http www.download.com Sleipnir 3000 2356 4 10472663.html The English version from Download.com gopher clients Web browsers Aggregators DEFAULTSORT Sleipnir Web Browser ... Internet Explorer shells Category Portable software de Sleipnir Browser fr Sleipnir logiciel ko ja Sleipnir pl Sleipnir przegl darka ru Sleipnir fi Sleipnir selain sv Sleipnir webbl sare zh Sleipnir ... more details
Unreferenced date June 2011 Infobox company logo caption type traded as genre Only used with media and publishing companies fate predecessor successor foundation Start date 2005 founder defunct End date YYYY MM DD location city Osaka location country Japan location locations area served key people industry Computer software products Sleipnir web browser br Flick Address services revenue operating income net income assets equity owner num employees parent divisions subsid homepage URL www.fenrir inc.com footnotes intl Fenrir Inc is a company based in the Umeda district of Osaka Osaka, Japan that makes the Sleipnir web browser Sleipnir web browser, Sleipnir mobile, an address application for the iPhone called Flick Address, and a variety of Japanese language software. It was established in 2005 after the source code of the original version of Sleipnir was lost. The company is planning to expand its operations internationally. External links http www.fenrir inc.com Fenrir Inc Homepage Category Software companies of Japan Category Companies based in Osaka Prefecture ja zh Fenrir ... more details
This is a list of Computer software software that blocks pop up ad s. There is different feature support block all none block unwanted Whitelist s site specific reopen closed pop ups Browsers that block pop up ads Trident layout engine Trident Internet Explorer shell shells AOL Explorer Avant Browser GreenBrowser Internet Explorer Lunascape web browser Lunascape Maxthon MSN Explorer NeoPlanet Netcaptor Netscape Browser Netscape 8 Sleipnir software Sleipnir TrustyFiles UltraBrowser WebbIE Gecko layout engine Gecko based browsers Camino Epiphany web browser Epiphany Flock web browser Flock Galeon K Meleon Lunascape web browser Lunascape Mozilla Application Suite Mozilla Firefox Netscape version 7 Netscape 7 Netscape Browser Netscape 8 SeaMonkey KHTML Webkit based browsers Google Chrome Konqueror iCab Lunascape web browser Lunascape OmniWeb Safari web browser Safari Shiira Presto layout engine Presto based browsers Opera web browser Opera other based Links web browser Links NetSurf w3m Add on programs that block pop up ads Adblock Plus Alexa Toolbar Google Toolbar IE7pro iMacros MSN Toolbar NoScript open source GPL Privoxy Proxomitron Yahoo Toolbar Category Electronic commerce Category Internet advertising and promotion Category Malware Category Marketing Category Lists of software Pop up blocking ... more details
International Architecture Exhibition of Venice 2008 with Sleipnir Venexia. ref Luc Le Chatelier ... en architecture International Architecture Exhibition of Venice 2010 with Sleipnir Convivalis ... the animal kingdom to the vegetable one, and by tradition. Works 2011 February La foresta di Sleipnir ... Milano. 2010 August Sleipnir Convivalis Quintus, exhibition AILATI, Biennale di Venezia. 2010 August Sleipnir Ratatoskr, Grythyttan, Svezia 2010 July Sleipnir Albus exhibition at Galleria Il Frantoio, Capalbio GR 2010 May WOOD 2010, exhibition Virserum Art Museum 2010 April Sleipnir Trebuchet at Triennale ... 2009 Sleipnir Nuncius, Vittoriale degli Italiani, Gardone Riviera BS 2009 Pliosaurus, Milano 2009 Arkizoic ... L nged, Svezia, exhibition 2008 Sleipnir VENEXIA, XI Biennale di architettura, Venezia 2008 Sleipnir TAVRINORVM, opera, arsenale Cavalli, Torino 2008 Sleipnir BASTU, opera, exhibition, AtelierFORTE ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 File Odin riding Sleipnir.jpg thumb 150px Odin riding Sleipnir , from NKS 1867 4to. MS NKS 1867 4 Den nye kongelige samling is a 1760 paper manuscript now in the Danish Royal Library , Copenhagen, containing skald ic poetry and assorted runology runological information S larlj Samtak um r nir, Bj rn J nsson Skar s External links commons category Images from NKS 1867 4to http skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au db.php?table mss&id 15138 Norse mythology Category 1760 books Category Poetry anthologies Category Literary illuminated manuscripts Category Icelandic literature norse myth stub manuscript art stub ja NKS 1867 4to ... more details
Three ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have borne the name HNoMS Sleipner , after Sleipnir Odin s magical eight legged steed, and the greatest of all horses HNoMS Sleipner 1877 HNoMS Sleipner was a 1. class gunboat launched in 1877 and scrapped in 1935. HNoMS Sleipner 1936 HNoMS Sleipner was a Sleipner class destroyer Sleipner class destroyer launched in 1936 and scrapped in 1959. HNoMS Sleipner 1963 HNoMS Sleipner was a Sleipner class corvette Sleipner class corvette launched in 1963 and decommissioned in 1992 to be expended as a target ship . Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Sleipner Category Royal Norwegian Navy ship names ... more details
Image Asbyrgi Canyon Iceland 2005.JPG thumb right 200px View from the top of sbyrgi canyon image Eyjan, Asbyrgi canyon.jpg thumb right 200px The rock island in the centre of sbyrgi canyon sbyrgi canyon lies in the north of Iceland , about two hours drive to the east from Akureyri . The horseshoe shaped depression is part of the J kuls rglj fur National Park and measures approximately 3.5 km in length and 1.1 km across. For more than half of its length, the canyon is divided through the middle by a distinctive rock formation 25 meters high called Eyjan the Island , from which hikers may enjoy spectacular views. The canyon s steep sides are formed by cliffs up to 100 metres in height. Down in the canyon, visitors walk through a woodland of birch and willow. Between 1947 and 1977, a number of foreign tree species were introduced, including fir, larch and pine. The small lake Botnstj rn is home to a variety of waterfowl species. sbyrgi was most likely formed by J kulhlaup catastrophic glacial flooding of the river J kuls Fj llum after the last Ice Age, first 8 10,000 years ago, and then again some 3,000 years ago. The river has since changed its course and now runs about 2 km to the east. The legend explains the unusual shape of the canyon differently. Nicknamed Sleipnir s footprint , it is said that the canyon was formed when Odin s eight legged horse, Sleipnir , touched one of its feet to the ground here. Legend also relates that the canyon is the capital city of the hidden people hulduf lk , who live in cracks within the surrounding cliffs. External links http www.ismennt.is not jonasg asbyrgi Photos http www.walkingworld.com home index.asp?id 33&nid 231 Walking tour http islandsmyndir.is html skjol nordurland Asbyrgi 2008 07 23 index.html Pictures from sbyrgi www.islandsmyndir.is coord 66 00 52 N 16 30 12 W region IS type landmark display title DEFAULTSORT Asbyrgi Category North Iceland Iceland geo stub de sbyrgi fr sbyrgi is sbyrgi it sbyrgi pl sbyrgi ... more details
, Rockmelt and SRWare Iron . Revisions In August 2010, Microsoft removed GreenBrowser and Sleipnir web browser Sleipnir from the choices, replacing them with Lunascape web browser Lunascape and SRWare ... web browser Flock and SlimBrowser , but re established Sleipnir web browser Sleipnir . As of February ... Comodo Dragon and Rockmelt were added, while Sleipnir web browser Sleipnir was removed again. Results ... browser Flock , Avant browser Avant , GreenBrowser , Maxthon , Sleipnir browser Sleipnir , and Slim ... more details
File Gullfaxi.jpg thumb right Gullfaxi. Gullfaxi is a horse in Norse mythology . Its name means Golden mane . It was originally owned by Hrungnir , and was later given to M i and Magni Magni by Thor as a reward for helping him in the fight against Hrungnir And I will give thee, he said, the horse Gold Mane, which Hrungnir possessed. Then Odin spake and said that Thor did wrong to give the good horse to the son of a giantess, and not to his father. Sk ldskaparm l small 17 small , http www.sacred texts.com neu pre pre05.htm Guldfaxe is equally fast on land, in the air and on the water, but not quite as fast as Sleipnir , Odin s horse. Norse mythology Category Horses in Norse mythology Norse myth stub Link GA fr da Guldfaxe es Gullfaxi eu Gullfaxi fr Gullfaxi ko ja sh Gullfaxi sv Guldmane zh ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 S M 66 Stofnun rna Magn ssonar slandi is an 18th century manuscript now at the rni Magn sson Institute , Iceland . gallery Image Manuscript Odinn.jpg Odin Image Processed SAM thorr.jpg Thor Image Processed SAM loki.jpg Loki Image S M 66, 75v, death of Baldr.jpg Balder Image Manuscript Gylfi.jpg Gylfaginning Image Processed SAM heimdallr.jpg Heimdall Image Manuscript Ullr.jpg Ullr Image Manuscript Sleipnir.jpg Odin riding Sleipnir Image S M 66, 78v, Fenrir and T r.jpg Fenrisulfr bites T r s hand off. Image Thor and Hymir.jpg Thor and Hymir go fishing for the Midgard Serpent . Image Hermodr.jpg Hermod rides to Hel Image Manuscript Rati.jpg Odin gets Baugi to drill into the mountain to get at the mead of poetry. Image Processed SAM mjodr.jpg The mead of poetry is delivered Image Manuscript boiling.jpg Three gods trying to boil some food as related in Haustl ng . gallery DEFAULTSORT Icelandic Manuscript, Sam 66 Category Literary illuminated manuscripts Category Icelandic art Category Icelandic manuscripts Category rni Magn sson Institute collection Iceland stub Manuscript art stub ja S M 66 ... more details
Notability date January 2012 Unreferenced date January 2012 Infobox album Name Father of Victory Type Studio Album Artist Folkearth Cover Father of Victory.jpg Released January 21st, 2008 Recorded 2007 Genre Folk metal , viking metal Length 51 14 Label Stygian Crypt Productions Producer Last album Drakkars in the Mist br 2007 This album Father of Victory br 2008 Next album Songs of Yore br 2008 Father of Victory is the fourth studio album by the international folk metal project Folkearth , released in December. Its name comes from an epitaph of Odin Father of Victory . Track listing The Forlorn Knight 3 34 The Purest Breed 4 26 Sleipnir 4 42 What Glory Remains 3 57 Dawn in Tir Na N Og 4 07 The Will Of Odin 5 50 Father Of Victory 3 08 Charles Martel 5 17 Wallachian Warlord 4 28 The Iron Wolf 4 12 Heroes In The Sky 4 01 Carmina Bellica 3 32 References http www.metal archives.com release.php?id 176389 Father of Victory Encyclopaedia Metallum retrieved 11 21 07 Category 2008 albums Category Folkearth albums ... more details
Drake and Sleipnir Infershia s Shield and Halberd . The members of the Hades gods were divided, forming alliances with each other, each having their own agenda. Dagon, Sleipnir, and Sphinx generally ..., Sleipnir calmed his unnerved comrades by commenting to them on how Cyclops was a fool for having .... In his last stand, Drake battled alongside Sleipnir who, at the time, was being used by Dagon to lure ... to be courage. Upon N Ma s resurrection, Sphinx argues with Dagon and Sleipnir that they should ... and is attacked by Sleipnir and Dagon on N Ma s orders for abandoning her sacred duty ... is voiced by nihongo Kyoko Terase Terase Kyoko . div style clear both div Sleipnir nihongo Hades god Sleipnir Meifushin Sureipuniru 35 48 was the most reliable of the gods, he represents ... and having grown tired of it. Sleipnir allowed Dagon to finish her off. After Sphinx was taken care of, Sleipnir was commanded to take up Sphinx s duty, and complete the Divine Punishment by attacking ... Aerial Attack to kill him off. As Sleipnir died, he finally realized exactly what Sphinx said about how their power could not compare to the Magirangers courage. Sleipnir is voiced by nihongo Hideyuki ... because of their courage, Dagon goes against the law by having Sleipnir support Drake to draw out Wolzard ... Titan so that N Ma could be reborn in Titan s body. With Sleipnir s help, Dagon slew Sphinx when she abandoned her Divine Punishment. Dagon was confronted by Magi Mother in the finale while Sleipnir faced ... more details
Places lfheim Asgard Bifr st Bilskirnir Breidablik Elivagar Fyris Wolds Gandvik Ginnungagap Hel realm Hel Hlidskjalf Hvergelmir J tunheimr Leipter River Kormet Midgard Muspelheim N str nd Ni avellir Niflheim Ormet Reidgotaland Slidr River Svart lfaheim Utgard Valhalla Vanaheim Vimur River Vimur Yggdrasil Events Fimbulwinter Ragnar k Artifacts Balmung Brisingamen Draupnir Dromi Eitr Gjallarhorn Gleipnir Gram mythology Gram Gullinbursti Gungnir Mj llnir Sk bla nir Tyrfing Well of Urd People Adils Ask and Embla Aun Berserker Viking Berserker B dvar Bjarki Domalde Domar Dyggve Egil One Hand Fafnir Harald Hildetand Ingjald Ivar Vidfamne Ohthere Ragnar Lodbrok Shieldmaiden Skirnir Scyld Skj ld Sigmund Sigurd Sigurd Ring Starkad Other assorted beings Alberich lfar Au umbla D kk lfar Draugr s Fenrisulfr Garmr Geri and Freki Gullinbursti Gultopp Hati Hugin and Munin J rmungandr kraken Lj s lfar Moin mythology M inn N h ggr The Norns Ratatoskr Skoll Sleipnir Surtr Svadilfari Svart lfar Tanngrisnir and Tanngnj str Valkyrie s See also Old Norse orthography Norse mythology Norse cosmology The Nine Worlds of Norse Mythology List of Norse gods Runestone s R k Runestone Temple at Uppsala Tollund Man Numbers in Norse mythology Norse mythological influences on later literature alliterative verse skald Norse mythology Category Germanic paganism and mythology lists Category Norse mythology ca Llista de personatges, objectes i llocs de la mitologia germ nica cs Seznam lid , m st a v c ze seversk mytologie cy Rhestr cymeriadau, pethau a lleoedd ym mytholeg y Llychlynwyr fr Panth on de la mythologie nordique ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Image Nida ThomasMann cottage.jpg thumb 200 px A vieniai , commonly called as the little horses , on the rooftop of a house in Nida, Lithuania Nida The Divine twins are a mytheme of Proto Indo European mythology . the Greek Dioscuri the Vedic Ashvins the Lithuanian A vieniai the Latvian Dieva d li Alcis gods Romulus and Remus Hengest and Horsa O Brien 1982 reconstructs a horse goddess with twin offspring, pointing to Gaulish Epona , Irish Macha the twins reflected in Macha s pair, the Grey of Macha and the Black of Sainglenn , Welsh Rhiannon , and Eddaic Freyja in the tale of the construction of the walls of Asgard , seeing a vestige of the birth of hippomorphic twins in Loki in the form of a mare in place of Freyja giving birth to eight legged Sleipnir . The myths surrounding Hengest and Horsa could come from a common source, since they were descendants of Woden and Hengest s name meant stallion in German language German Hengst Shapiro 1982 points to Slavic Veles god Volos and Veles , and collects the following comparative properties sons of the Dyeus Sky God brothers of the Hausos Sun Maiden association with horses dual paternity saviours at sea astral nature magic healers warriors and providers of divine aid in battle divinities of fertility association with swans divinities of dance closeness to human beings protectors of the oath assisting at birth founders of cities Literature Steven O Brien, Dioscuric Elements in Celtic and Germanic Mythology , JIES 10 1982 , 117 136. Michael Shapiro, Neglected Evidence of Dioscurism Divine Twinning in the Old Slavic Pantheon , JIES 10 1982 , 137 166. Donald Ward, The Divine Twins An Indo European Myth in Germanic Tradition See also horse sacrifice DEFAULTSORT Divine Twins Category Mythological archetypes Category Indo European mythology Category Animal deities Category Twins Category Indo European deities Europe myth stub ru ... more details
Balder Dead is a Narrative poetry narrative poem with powerful Tragedy tragic themes , first published in 1855 by Matthew Arnold . This poem draws upon Norse mythology retelling the story of the murder of Odin s son, Balder , as brought about by the wicked machinations of his half brother Loki . ref Arnold, Matthew. Poetic Works. London Oxford University Press, 1950. ref Synopsis The evil Loki was quickly punished for murdering Balder by being exiled from Asgard . Still, it remains for the gods the sir and the Vanir dwelling in Asgard to bury and to mourn their dead. Partly out of desperate grief and partly in defiance of the harshness of the Norns or fates Odin begs Herm r Hermod to ride his own steed, Sleipnir , down to Hell and beg Hel being Hela to release Balder. Hermod executes the seemingly hopeless task and receives from Hela the unexpected promise that she would release Balder should everything in the upper worlds mourn Balder s death. Before returning to Asgard, Hermod speaks with Balder s shade Balder warns him that Hela s promises are never what they seem and will only bear bitter fruit. Loki himself undertakes to frustrate the sir s hopes appearing as an ugly hag in Middle Earth, he refuses to mourn for Balder thus breaking Hela s stipulated conditions. Hermod returns to Hell to acquaint Balder with the gods failure. Balder accepts what has happened without surprise, and they soon part after Balder relates his vision of the end of the worlds in the approaching conflagration of Ragnar k . ref Arnold, Matthew. Poetic Works. London Oxford University Press, 1950. pp. 95 ff. ref References reflist External links http www.archive.org details poemsmatthew01arnorich Balder Dead from the Internet Archive Matthew Arnold Category 1855 poems Category Poetry by Matthew Arnold poem stub ... more details
Image Thor und Hrungnir.jpg right thumb 300px Thor slays Hrungnir, illustration by Ludwig Pietsch 1865 Hrungnir Old Norse brawler ref name ORCHARD91 Orchard 1997 91 . ref was a j tunn in Norse mythology , slain by the god Thor with his hammer Mj lnir . The account is documented in the Sk ldskaparm l , in the Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson . Prior to his demise, Hrungnir engaged in a wager with Odin in which Odin stakes his head on his horse, Sleipnir , being faster than Hrungnir s steed Gullfaxi . During the race, which Sleipnir wins, Hrungnir enters Valhalla , and there becomes drunk and abusive. After they grow weary of him, the gods call on Thor to battle Hrungnir. The fighting and the enchantment afterwards Thor and his servant Thjalfi challenge the giant, who hurls his whetstone weapon at Thor. Smashed to smithereens by Thor s hammer Mj lnir , fragments of the whetstone fall down to earth, while one shard sinks deep into the god s forehead. Nevertheless, the hammer strikes Hrungnir dead, shattering his skull but in his fall, Hrugnir s dead body topples over Thor, leaving the god buried under one of his legs. When both Thjalfi and the combined strength of the Aesir fail at pushing and pulling the giant s foot off Thor s throat, M i and Magni Magni , Thor s infant son with the giantess Jarnsaxa , passes by and easily lifts the foot, rebuking his father for his weakness. Back in Asgard , the sorceress Groa is called upon to remove Hrungnir s whetstone from Thor s forehead. As her enchantments are beginning to show an effect, gradually loosening the stone, Thor promises to generously reward her for her services, mentioning that he had recently helped her husband Aurvandil cross the icy river Eliwagar and that it would not be long for her to be reunited with him. Rejoicing at these news, Groa, in her excitement, forgets all about her chants, thus leaving the whetstone locked in Thor s forehead. Attributes His heart had a peculiar shape, it was triangular due to whi ... more details
File Faroe stamp 391 gram and grani.jpg thumb right 200px Grani and the sword Gram, 2001 Faroese stamp In Norse mythology , Grani is a horse owned by the hero Sigurd . He is the horse that Sigurd receives through advice from an old man Odin . Grani is a descendant of Odin s own steed, Sleipnir . Attestations In chapter 13 of V lsunga saga , the hero Sigur r is on his way to a wood when he meets a long bearded old man he had never seen before. Sigurd tells the old man that he is going to choose a horse, and asks the old man to come with him to help him decide. The old man says that they should drive the horses down to the river Busiltj rn. The two drive the horses down into the deeps of Busiltj rn, and all of the horses swim back to land but a large, young, and handsome gray horse that no one had ever mounted. The grey bearded old man says that the horse is from Sleipnir s kin and that he must be nourished heedfully, for it will be the best of all horses . The old man vanishes. Sigurd names the horse Grani, and the narrative adds that the old man was none other than Odin. ref name MORRIS54 Morris 2008 54 . ref Archeological evidence Grani is believed to be depicted on several of the Sigurd stones , which depict imagery from the legend of Sigurd the dragon slayer, including the inscription on Sigurd stones S 327 S 327 in G k, S dermanland County , Sweden . ref Liepe 1989 4 10 . ref In Norse iconography , the depiction of a horse carrying a chest was sufficient to represent Grani carrying the treasure after Sigurd had slain the dragon Fafnir . ref D wel 1988 134 137 . ref This is supported by a kenning in a Norse poem that refers to Grani s beautious burden, ref D wel 1988 136 . ref indicating a common understanding of the Motif narrative motif . Modern influence Expand section date January 2011 In Wagner s Ring cycle the name as Grane is given to Brunhilde s horse. In Digimon Tamers , Grani was the name of the refitted Ark , which was used as a steed by Guilmon Duke ... more details
needed date March 2012 Works Sleipnir Baen 1994 , http www.webscription.net 10.1125 Baen 0671875949 0671875949.htm read online As Evans first published work, Sleipnir required ten years to produce ... While many assume that Sleipnir was intended to be part of a series, this is not actually true ... more details
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