Sleipnir Sleipnir In Norse mythology, Sleipnir (Old Norse "slippy" or "the slipper") is an eight-legged horse ridden by Odin. 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 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. The "Prose Edda" contains extended information regarding the circumstances of Sleipnir's birth, and details that he is grey in color. Sleipnir is also
Odin religious practices associated with the god. This multitude of names makes Odin the god with the most names known among the Germanic peoples. The modern English weekday name "Wednesday" derives from Old English "wōdnesdæg". Cognate terms are found in other Germanic languages, such as Middle Low German "wōdensdach" (Dutch "woensdag"), and Old Norse "Óðinsdagr" (Danish, Norwegian and Swedish "Onsdag"). All of these terms derive from Proto-Germanic *"Wodensdag", itself a Germanic interpretation of Latin "Dies Mercurii" ("Day of Mercury"). In Old High German, the name derived from Odin's was replaced by a translation of Church Latin "media hebdomas" ('middle of the