Skinfaxi
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Skinfaxi was a female horse living in the 9th century Kingdom of East Anglia.
Biography[edit | edit source]
A deaf horse, Skinfaxi was owned by an Anglo-Saxon man who lived in the East Anglian town of Norwich. One day, she wandered away from her owner and became stranded on a dock on the bank of a low river. Seeing a chance to steal the horse, a local girl named Asta tried to call it to her side as she had seen Skinfaxi's owner do before, but her efforts were to no avail due to the horse's deafness. Some time later, the Viking shieldmaiden Eivor Varinsdottir of the Raven Clan passed through Norwich and upon hearing Asta's fruitless attempts at coaxing the horse to shore, decided to rescue Skinfaxi.[1]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
The name of Skinfaxi, a horse in Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, is derived from the Old Saxon word skinan, meaning 'to shine', and the Old English word feax, meaning 'hair/mane'.
In Norse mythology, Skinfaxi and Hrímfaxi were the horses of Dagr (day) and Nótt (night).