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    Gná and Hófvarpnir are attested in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. Scholarly theories have been proposed about Gná as...
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  • mythology, Hamskerpir and Garðrofa are a pair of horses who sired Hófvarpnir, the horse ridden by the goddess Gná. Hamskerpir and Garðrofa are attested...
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  • settlement of Britain who are often viewed as mythologial figures Hófvarpnir, horse of the goddess Gná Hrímfaxi, Nótt's horse Skinfaxi, Dagr's horse Sleipnir, Odin's...
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  • (Skáldskaparmál, 17), Blóðughófi, which belongs to Freyr (Kálfsvísa) and Hófvarpnir, which is ridden by Gná (Gylfaginning, 35). Blóðughófi: "Bloody-hoof"; Falhófnir:...
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    Vanir (category Harv and Sfn no-target errors)
    High tells that the goddess Gná rides the horse Hófvarpnir, and that this horse has the ability to ride through the air and atop the sea. High continues...
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    help. Hófvarpnir "He who throws his hooves" or "He who kicks his hooves" was the horse of the goddess Gná, capable of moving through the air and over the...
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    protected boundary markers Gná, Frigg's personal messenger; she rode the horse Hofvarpnir who could travel over both sea and sky Heimdall, son of Odin;...
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