Sleipnir man sings a prophecy, and takes Hadingus back to where he found him on his horse. During the ride back, Hadingus trembles beneath the old man's mantle, and peers out of its holes. Hadingus realizes that he is flying through the air: "and he saw that before the steps of the horse lay the sea; but was told not to steal a glimpse of the forbidden thing, and therefore turned his amazed eyes from the dread spectacle of the roads that he journeyed." In book II, Biarco mentions Odin and Sleipnir: "If I may look on the awful husband of
Eight Legged Freaks "Larger Than Life", which also handled a spider-fighting storyline. The film was originally titled "Arac Attack" (under which it was released in some parts of Europe and other countries around the world) but the similarity to "Iraq Attack" made the title seem inappropriate so near the start of the Iraq War. The title "Eight Legged Freaks" is a line that Arquette ad-libbed in the movie: "Get back, you eight-legged freaks!" A video game adaptation titled "Eight Legged Freaks: Let the Squashing Begin" was also released in 2002 for PC and Mac and could be downloaded from the official website, which