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We offer Free Shipping on all orders over €100. Most of our orders are shipped from our workshop in Greece.Ī great amount of orders are shipped from our partner warehouse in Ukraine. Poems and songs mention that God Odin hangs himself on the tree for nine days and nine nights According to Norse Mythology, Asgard, the place where the Norse Pantheon lives, sits high in the branches of Yggdrasil. Containing the Nine Worlds is the most known element in Norse Mythology. Yggdrasil symbolizes the cycle of life from birth to death. Gender: Can be worn by both Men and Women.Design & Type: Yggdrasil Pendant with Sleipnir and Ravens.Also a small Triskelion can be seen in the center of the tree. This modern Yggdrasil pendant is made out of 925 sterling silver with a very detailed design.Ī beautiful piece of Scandinavian silver jewelry inspired by the famous Yggdrasil, a symbol of wisdom, the Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse of Odin and the famous pair of ravens, Huggin and Munnin. There are, however, examples of Siberian shamans who were said to have eight-legged horses to reach heaven and the underworld.Viking pendant featuring the sacred tree, Yggdrasil, with Sleipnir and ravens. Sleipnir's eight legs can also be interpreted as a metaphor for speed. It is assumed that these images depict Sleipnir. Some old stones found in Gotland depict a well-equipped horseman on an eight-legged horse. Everyone cries, except for a lonely old giantess named Tokk who is actually Loki in disguide, therefore Baldr remains in Hel's realm until the final battle. Finally they reach the Queen of the Underworld, Hel, who promises to release Baldr if every creature on earth sheds a tear for him. Further down, they encounter spitting snakes and the dragon Nidhogg, who sucks the blood of those who sin on earth. Sleipnir bravely leaps over Garm.ĭeeper and deeper they go into Hel's realm, through deep chasms and hordes of tormented souls. For nine days and nine nights they gallop through land, sea and sky to reach the gate of the underworld, guarded by Garm, the Hound of Hell. In Ragnarök, Hermod and Sleipnir go down to the underworld to rescue Baldr and Odin. Rungnir loses the bet and later falls in battle against Thor. He will meet the wolf Fenrir, in the final battle between the gods and the forces of chaos at Ragnarok, kills Sleipnir and swallows him and Odin.Īnother myth of Sleipnir is the encounter with the giant Rungnir who makes a bet with Odin that he and his horse will be faster than Odin and Sleipnir. Sleipnir meets his half-sister in the underworld, where Odin has banished her to be ruler of the dead. He also has a sister, Hel, who is beautiful on one side but lifeless as a corpse on the other. Sleipnir is not Loki's only child, his brothers are the large and extremely ferocious wolf Fenrir, and Jormungandr the Midgard Serpent.
Loki turns back into a man and later gives the horse Sleipnir to Odin. Without his horse, the giant fails to complete his task in time. Loki soon gives birth to the magnificent foal, Sleipnir. Loki turns into a beautiful grey mare, seduces Svadilfari away from his master and lets the stallion mate him. The gods began to get restless and sent the cunning Loki to somehow hold the giant back. But Svadilfari is strong, and with his help it looks like the giant will manage after all. The gods did not believe he could do it and accepted his demands. If he succeeded in building the fortress in one season, he asked for the Sun, the Moon and the goddess Freya as his wife. This giant offered to build a fortress around the home of the gods, Asgard. Sleipnir's father is Svadilfari, the mighty black stallion of a mountain giant. Odin is very fond of his horse and legend has it that he is the one who carries warriors killed in war to Valhalla.Īccording to the oracle Sigrdrivomal, Odin carved runes on Sleipnir's teeth. Sleipnir is faster than any other horse and can gallop faster than the wind. Sleipnir is Odin's grey, powerful, eight-legged horse in Norse mythology.
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