Árvakr and Alsviðr
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Árvakr and Alsviðr
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In Norse mythology, Árvakr and Alsviðr are the horses which pull the sun, or Sól's chariot, across the sky each day. It is said that the gods fixed bellows underneath the two horses' shoulders to help cool them off as they rode. Both horses are only mentioned in Gylfaginning and Grímnismál and their names are frequently associated with descriptions of the Sun. In Nordic mythology, gods govern the passage of days, nights, and seasons, and shape the Sun from a spark of the flame Muspelheim, but th
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Pair of horses in Norse mythology
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81rvakr_and_Alsvi%C3%B0r
date created:
2002-09-18T18:47:44Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T02:44:39Z
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