Sleipnir
Norse · numen · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
The registry held three of Loki's four children — Fenrir, Jörmungandr and Hel — and not the fourth, who is a horse, because Loki turned himself into a mare to distract a stallion and came back pregnant. He is recorded as a figure on the same footing as his siblings and for the same reason: the sources treat him as a person with a parent, not as an animal with an owner.
Parentage
- parent: Loki
Domains
- horses
Relations
- child of: LokiCarried as a relation as well as in parentIds, because the parentage is the one thing every source about him says.Reference treatment of Loki as the mother of Sleipnir, and as the father of Fenrir, Hel and Jormungandr. (secondary)
Sources
- Sleipnir is Odin's eight-legged horse and Loki's child, the horse Hermóðr rode to Hel to ask for Baldr.: Reference treatments of Sleipnir, Loki's offspring and Hermod's ride. (secondary)