Sleipnir of person this was" wearing a golden helmet, "riding sky and sea," and says that the stranger "has a marvellously good horse." Odin wagers his head that no horse as good could be found in all of Jötunheimr. Hrungnir admitted that it was a fine horse, yet states that he owns a much longer-paced horse; Gullfaxi. Incensed, Hrungnir leaps atop Gullfaxi, intending to attack Odin for Odin's boasting. Odin gallops hard ahead of Hrungnir, and, in his, fury, Hrungnir finds himself having rushed into the gates of Asgard. In chapter 58, Sleipnir is mentioned among a list of horses in
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