Sleipnir
Sleipnir was an eight-legged horse in Norse mythology.
Mythology[edit | edit source]
According to myth, Sleipnir was the son of Loki and The Builder's horse Svaðilfari.[1] Slepnir later became Odin's famed warhorse who could quickly carry the All-Father across the Nine Realms.[2]
Legacy[edit | edit source]
In the 9th century during the Viking Age in England, the Viking Faravid invoked Sleipnir's name when horse-racing Eivor Varinsdottir of the Raven Clan on the road to Jorvik.[3]
Millennia later in 2020, the Assassin Layla Hassan relived Eivor's genetic memories and modified her Animus to included a shield based on Sleipnir in the shieldmaiden's arsenal.[4]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
Although Sleipnir is Loki's son in myth, it is currently unknown whether Sleipnir was an Isu. Unlike Loki's other children Hel, Fenrir, and Jörmungandr, neither the 2020 video game Assassin's Creed: Valhalla nor its supplementary materials mention him as being an Isu during its mythical sections showing Odin's life.
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (first mentioned)
- Discovery Tour: Viking Age (mentioned only)
- Echoes of History (mentioned only)
- The World of Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Journey to the North – Logs and Files of a Hidden One (mentioned only)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑
Sleipnir on Wikipedia
- ↑ Discovery Tour: Viking Age – Learnings: The Horse, or Hestr
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – This Son of Jorvik
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla