High tells a story set "right at the beginning of the gods' settlement when the gods established Midgard and built Val-Hall" about an unnamed builder who has offered to build a fortification for the gods in three seasons that will keep out invaders in exchange for the goddess Freyja, the sun, and the moon. High expresses surprise at Gangleri's lack of knowledge about Sleipnir and its origin. Gangleri (described earlier in the book as King Gylfi in disguise) asks High who the horse Sleipnir belongs to and what there is to tell about it. In chapter 42, Sleipnir's origins are described. The list begins with Sleipnir: "best is Sleipnir, he is Odin's, he has eight legs." In chapter 41, High quotes the Grímnismál stanza that mentions Sleipnir. In the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, Sleipnir is first mentioned in chapter 15 where the enthroned figure of High says that every day the Æsir ride across the bridge Bifröst, and provides a list of the Æsir's horses. In modern times, Sleipnir appears in Icelandic folklore as the creator of Ásbyrgi, in works of art, literature, software, and in the names of ships.Īttestations Poetic Edda Īn 18th century Prose Edda manuscript illustration featuring Hermóðr upon Sleipnir (left), Baldr (upper right), and Hel (lower right). Scholarly theories have been proposed regarding Sleipnir's potential connection to shamanic practices among the Norse pagans. Sleipnir is generally accepted as depicted on two 8th century Gotlandic image stones: the Tjängvide image stone and the Ardre VIII image stone. Sleipnir is also mentioned in a riddle found in the 13th century legendary saga Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks, in the 13th-century legendary saga Völsunga saga as the ancestor of the horse Grani, and book I of Gesta Danorum, written in the 12th century by Saxo Grammaticus, contains an episode considered by many scholars to involve Sleipnir. The Prose Edda contains extended information regarding the circumstances of Sleipnir's birth, and details that he is grey in color. 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. 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 Norse mythology, Sleipnir / ˈ s l eɪ p n ɪər/ ( Old Norse: "slippy" or "the slipper" ) is an eight-legged horse ridden by Odin. *For Retina display supported Mac computers.Depiction of Sleipnir in a detail on the Tjängvide image stone. Also, if you are trying any processor intensive tasks, then Sleipnir for Mac may struggle. In testing it was found lacking in a speed and some pages did not respond as they should. ![]() Where the browser does suffer slightly is with performance. ![]() The search facility is really fast and the user interface is really well presented and is not hard to navigate, it just takes a little time to get used to. ![]() Overall,Sleipnir is a refreshing change to the standard web browser that we are normally presented with. These do require some more work, but in testing seemed to function fairly well. Sleipnir does have a few nice features tucked away, such as gesture support for tabs to close a tab simply use an L-shaped swipe, to reopen a closed tab, use a square-esq shaped U, or you can reload a page by drawing a circle. By hitting tab, you can look up that same term on Amazon, eBay, Wikipedia, or any site you wish. You can also drag tabs on one another, in order to group them together.įor web searching, as soon as you type in a subject, you are given results from the search engine of your choice (configurable in Preferences). By rolling over each tab with your cursor, you are shown the tab’s name and the option to close it. In order to navigate the web, Sleipnir displays a horizontally scrolling selection of thumbnail tabs.
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