Icelandic horse them. Horses played a significant part in Norse mythology, and several horses played major roles in the Norse myths, among them the eight-footed pacer named Sleipnir, owned by Odin, chief of the Norse gods. Skalm, a mare who is the first Icelandic horse known by name, appeared in the "Book of Settlements" from the 12th century. According to the book, a chieftain named Seal-Thorir founded a settlement at the place where Skalm stopped and lay down with her pack. Horses also play key roles in the Icelandic sagas "Hrafnkel's Saga", "Njal's Saga" and "Grettir's Saga". Although written in the 13th
Odin-class coastal defense ship Gotland. The situation proved to be unsalvageable. Her bow ornament is now on display at the Laboe Naval Memorial. Odin-class coastal defense ship The "Odin" class was a pair of coastal defense ships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine in the late 19th century. The class comprised two ships: , named after the Norse god Odin, and , named after the Norse god of the same name. The ships were very similar to the preceding s, and are sometimes considered to be one class of ships. Like the preceding "Siegfried"-class ships, "Odin" and "Ägir" were obsolete by the time World