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    mythology, Skinfaxi (Old Norse: [ˈskinˌfɑkse]) and Hrímfaxi [ˈhriːmˌfɑkse] are the horses of Dagr (day) and Nótt (night). The names Skinfaxi and Hrímfaxi mean...
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    White-collar and blue-collar labor, referring to common colors of uniforms of clerks and workmen respectively c. early 20th century. Skinfaxi and Hrímfaxi (meaning...
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  • as mythologial figures Hófvarpnir, horse of the goddess Gná Hrímfaxi, Nótt's horse Skinfaxi, Dagr's horse Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse Svaðilfari...
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    across the sky every day, their manes emitting daylight. Skinfaxi and Hrímfaxi ("Shining mane" and "Mane of frost") are, according to Snorri Sturluson, two...
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    Kálfsvísa and the þulur. These include the horses of the Æsir, ridden by gods such as Odin and Freyr, Skinfaxi and Hrímfaxi, the horses that pull Day and Night...
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  • [ˈbloːðoɣˌhoːve], "Bloody Hoof", sometimes anglicised Blodughofi) is the horse of Freyr and is attested in several þulur of horses. In Kálfsvísa, Blóðughófi is named...
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  • of the day, or Dagr, along with Skinfaxi. The Þulur list Glaðr along with other horses such as Blóðughófi, Grani and Árvakr. In Háttatal, Glaðr is used...
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    the son of Night and Delling of the AEsir, who was bright and attractive and gave him a chariot pulled by a horse named Skinfaxi. He instructed Day...
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    stallions that pull Day and Night across the sky. Odin correctly answers that Skinfaxi pulls Day across the world and Hrimfaxi draws the Night. Odin also...
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