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Gullfaxi (Old Norse: [ˈɡulːˌfɑkse]) is a
horse in
Norse mythology. Its name
means "Golden mane". It was
originally owned by Hrungnir, and was
later given...
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stakes his head on his horse, Sleipnir,
being faster than Hrungnir's
steed Gullfaxi.
During the race,
which Sleipnir wins,
Hrungnir enters Ásgard, and there...
- the story, Odin
argues that Thor did
wrong to
offer the
splendid horse Gullfaxi to Magni, the son of a giantess,
rather than to himself, the
father of...
- dew. Árvakr and Alsviðr, the
horses that pull the Sun in
Norse mythology Gullfaxi Horses in
Germanic paganism List of
horses in
mythology and
folklore Shadowfax...
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names aren't
listed in the þulur.
Other horses are
mentioned elsewhere:
Gullfaxi,
which originally belonged to Hrungnir. Who was
given by Thor to his son...
- "The
Horse Gullfaxi and the
Sword Gunnföder" is an
Icelandic fairy tale,
included by
Andrew Lang in The
Crimson Fairy Book (1903). It was
adapted from...
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states that he owns a much longer-paced horse;
Gullfaxi. Incensed,
Hrungnir leaps atop
Gullfaxi,
intending to
attack Odin for Odin's boasting. Odin...
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Iceland Neuislandische Volksmärchen
Hermod and
Hadvor Iceland The
Horse Gullfaxi and the
Sword Gunnfoder Iceland Islandische Märchen How
Geirald the Coward...
- good as his. Angered,
Hrungnir chases Odin back to
Asgard on his
horse Gullfaxi whereupon the gods
invite him to
drink with them.
Becoming drunk, he boasts...
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Sermersooq muni****lity,
southeastern Greenland. This
glacier is
named after Gullfaxi, the golden-maned
horse of
Norse mythology.
Guldfaxe is a large, active...
