Horses of the Æsir Horses of the Æsir The horses of the Æsir are listed twice. The Eddic poem "Grímnismál" gives the following names: Snorri Sturluson paraphrases this stanza in his "Gylfaginning": Apart from Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse, and Gulltoppr, who belongs to Heimdallr according to the "Prose Edda", nothing is known about these horses, especially their owner. These names are yet listed in the "þulur". Other horses are mentioned elsewhere: Gullfaxi, which originally belonged to Hrungnir, but who was given by Thor to his son Magni after he killed the giant ("Skáldskaparmál", ), Blóðughófi, which belongs to Freyr ("Kálfsvísa") and Hófvarpnir, which is
A Man Called Horse (film) A Man Called Horse (film) A Man Called Horse is a 1970 American-Mexican Western film starring Richard Harris and directed by Elliot Silverstein. It is based on the short story "A Man Called Horse" by the Western writer Dorothy M. Johnson, first published in 1950 in "Collier's" magazine and again in 1968 in Johnson's book "Indian Country". The basic story was used in a 1958 episode of the TV show "Wagon Train" titled "A Man Called Horse". Partially spoken in Sioux, the film tells the story of an English aristocrat who is captured by the Sioux people. English aristocrat John