From: papajohn@vnet.net (John E."Papa John" Mayer) Newsgroups: alt.mythology.mythic-animals Subject: Re: Six Legged Horse in Greek Myth? Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 07:07:40 GMT Organization: Order of Mystic Chivalry Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 166.82.176.10 X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] Path: bridge!news1.ValuServe.Com!uunet!in1.uu.net!204.74.114.90!news.genuity.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!globalcenter1!news.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news-in-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!166.82.1.9!ralph.vnet.net!sagittaur.vnet.net!papajohn In article scy2g@watt.seas.Virginia.EDU (Shin Chyang Yu) writes: >I'm looking for the name and the associated myth for a 6 legged >horse. I believe it is from Greek myth, but can't be certain >of that. I vaguely remember seeing it in a poster when I was >in Jr. high, but couldn't find it later. The only thing I >remember (which are probably not that accurate) is that it is >very fast, and its speed helped its master reach a certain >place in time to drive away an invision. Thanks. Tough one...best I can do offhand is Odin's *8* legged horse Sleipnir, who could gallop from Vanaheim to Midgard without using Bifrost, the Rainbow Bridge. I'll keep looking, though. Papa John John E."Papa John" Mayer Magick*Musick*Mayhem papajohn@vnet.net chiron1@ix.netcom.com If it don't hurt a little bit, it ain't rock & roll! From: papajohn@vnet.net (John E."Papa John" Mayer) Newsgroups: alt.mythology.mythic-animals Subject: Re: Six Legged Horse in Greek Myth? Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 07:15:37 GMT Organization: Order of Mystic Chivalry Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <19970820210300.RAA00595@ladder01.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 166.82.176.10 X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] Path: bridge!news1.ValuServe.Com!uunet!in1.uu.net!128.230.129.112!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news-in-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!166.82.1.9!ralph.vnet.net!sagittaur.vnet.net!papajohn In article <19970820210300.RAA00595@ladder01.news.aol.com> noctangel@aol.com (NoctAngel) writes: >Actually I guess that Sleipnir had 8 legs...so maybe I'm just not thinking >the right thing...And I can't find too much info on him in my Myth >encyclopedia other than he was Odin's horse and he was very fast... His mother was Loki (I know, I know, just bear with me), who changed into a mare to distract the horse of Svadilfari (the mason who was s'posed to build the wall in so many days...I'll explain later, if necessary) and got nailed in the process. Sleipnir was even able to travel to the land of the dead, and was fated to die at Ragnarok. HTH. Papa John John E."Papa John" Mayer Magick*Musick*Mayhem papajohn@vnet.net chiron1@ix.netcom.com If it don't hurt a little bit, it ain't rock & roll!