- sea-treading
horse Hófvarpnir (O.N.: [ˈhoːvˌwɑrpnez̠], "he who
throws his
hoofs about", "hoof-thrower" or "hoof kicker"). Gná and
Hófvarpnir are
attested in...
- "the
golden coloured one"
Hamskerpir and Garðrofa, the
parents of
Hófvarpnir Hófvarpnir,
horse of the
goddess Gná Hrímfaxi, Nótt's
horse Skinfaxi, Dagr's...
- (Skáldskaparmál, 17), Blóðughófi,
which belongs to
Freyr (Kálfsvísa) and
Hófvarpnir,
which is
ridden by Gná (Gyl****inning, 35). Blóðughófi: "Bloody-hoof";...
-
defeating the giant, Thor gave it to his son
Magni as a
reward for his help.
Hófvarpnir "He who
throws his hooves" or "He who
kicks his hooves" was the horse...
-
boundary markers Gná, Frigg's
personal messenger; she rode the
horse Hofvarpnir who
could travel over both sea and sky Heimdall, son of Odin; he keeps...
-
Norse mythology,
Hamskerpir and Garðrofa are a pair of
horses who
sired Hófvarpnir, the
horse ridden by the
goddess Gná.
Hamskerpir and Garðrofa are attested...
- In the same chapter, High
tells that the
goddess Gná
rides the
horse Hófvarpnir, and that this
horse has the
ability to ride
through the air and atop...
- the land of the dead." Ulla
Loumand cites Sleipnir and the
flying horse Hófvarpnir as "prime examples" of
horses in
Norse mythology as
being able to "mediate...
- Móðnir, róni, alsvartr, apli, askr, malfeti, Blóðhófr, Hamskarpr, brúnn,
Hófvarpnir, viggr, Skinfaxi, virfill, Hrímfaxi.
Brown one, horse,
fettered one, Móðnir...
