![]() On one night, Loki shapeshifted into a special mare. And as usual, Loki came up with some tricks. Then the gods decided that Loki was to the one to bear the responsibilities. The gods were worried that the giant would finish the task in time and they would lose Freya, the sun, and the moon to the giant. The only one helping the giant was his stallion Svadifari who did the work twice as much as the giant did. In fact, the Gods firmly believed that the giant builder could not accomplish the task thereby, they hilariously wanted to test the giant.Ĭontrary to the gods’ belief, the giant builder constructed the wall without any difficulties and even at an incredible speed. The Gods (actually Loki’s idea) agreed to give the builder the payment as long as he finished the task within one season without any help from men. The builder said he would finish the wall within three seasons and the Gods must give him Freya, the sun, and the moon. Long long ago, a giant with great building skills and strength came to Asgard and offered to build the wall protecting Asgard. Sleipnir was the child of Loki and Svadilfari. The most interesting part about Sleipnir must be his background. Sleipnir was given to Odin by Loki Norse Trickster. Sleipnir meant “the slipper” in Old Norse. Odin, however, was in possession of another mighty animal, whose name was Sleipnir, an eight-legged horse. Thereby, the famous and constant animal companions of Odin were the ravens and wolves. Commonly, Odin is depicted on his High Throne with a pair of ravens perching on his shoulders and a pair of wolves under his feet.
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