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Gullfaxi is a horse in Norse mythology. Its name means ''Golden mane''. It was originally owned by Hrungnir, and was later given to Magni by Thor as a reward for lifting off the leg of Hrungnir, which lay over the unconscious Thor and strangled him: :'And I will give thee,' he said, the horse Gold-Mane, which Hrungnir possessed.' :Then Odin spake and said that Thor did wrong to give the good horse to the son of a giantess, and not to his father. ::—''Skáldskaparmál'' (17), () Guldfaxe is equally fast on land, in the air and on the water, but not quite as fast as Sleipnir, Odin's horse. ==Folk tale== Gullfaxi is also the name of a horse in the modern Icelandic folk-tale ''The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder'' collected by Jón Árnason, translated into German by , then rendered into English and included in the ''Crimson Fairy Book'' (1903) compiled by Andrew Lang. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gullfaxi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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