Story · Norse Mythology · 2 chapters

Loki's Children

Loki, in the form of a mare, mated with the stallion Svaðilfari and bore Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse of Odin. With the giantess Angerboa, Loki fathered the great monsters: the wolf Fenrir, the world-serpent Jörmungandr, and Hel, the ruler of the dead [S2]S2 · Snorri Sturluson, Prose Eddac. 1220–1235textOpen source ↗.

historical mythology

The beliefs are pre-Christian (attested archaeologically from the Viking Age); the written sources are Christian-era (1220–1300) and post-hoc. The gap between belief and text is part of what this section presents.

CHAPTER 01

Sleipnir

Loki as a mare; the eight-legged horse [S2]S2 · Snorri Sturluson, Prose Eddac. 1220–1235textOpen source ↗.
Sources[S2]S2 · Snorri Sturluson, Prose Eddac. 1220–1235textOpen source ↗
CHAPTER 02

The Monsters

Fenrir, Jörmungandr, and Hel, with Angerboa [S2]S2 · Snorri Sturluson, Prose Eddac. 1220–1235textOpen source ↗.
Sources[S2]S2 · Snorri Sturluson, Prose Eddac. 1220–1235textOpen source ↗
Primary sources[S2]S2 · Snorri Sturluson, Prose Eddac. 1220–1235textOpen source ↗