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    Gullfaxi (Old Norse: [ˈɡulːˌfɑkse]) is a horse in Norse mythology. Its name means "Golden mane". It was originally owned by Hrungnir, and was later given...
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  • names aren't listed in the þulur. Other horses are mentioned elsewhere: Gullfaxi, which originally belonged to Hrungnir. Who was given by Thor to his son...
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    "froth" is believed to fall from Hrímfaxi's bit to the earth and become dew. Gullfaxi Horses in Germanic paganism List of horses in mythology and folklore Shadowfax...
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    stakes his head on his horse, Sleipnir, being faster than Hrungnir's steed Gullfaxi. During the race, which Sleipnir wins, Hrungnir enters Ásgard, and there...
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  • the story, Odin argues that Thor did wrong to offer the splendid horse Gullfaxi to Magni, the son of a giantess, rather than to himself, the father of...
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    yet states that he owns a much longer-paced horse; Gullfaxi. Incensed, Hrungnir leaps atop Gullfaxi, intending to attack Odin for Odin's boasting. Odin...
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    good as his. Angered, Hrungnir chases Odin back to Asgard on his horse Gullfaxi whereupon the gods invite him to drink with them. Becoming drunk, he boasts...
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    ill-will and animosity toward their child. The Icelandic fairy tale The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder features a good stepmother, who indeed aids the...
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    "The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnföder" is an Icelandic fairy tale, included by Andrew Lang in The Crimson Fairy Book (1903). It was adapted from...
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  • Iceland Neuislandische Volksmärchen Hermod and Hadvor Iceland The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder Iceland Islandische Märchen How Geirald the Coward...
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  • first Icelandic airline to join the jet age, when a Boeing 727-100 dubbed Gullfaxi was put into service. Another 727 was acquired in 1971, and the aircraft...
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    Sermersooq municipality, southeastern Greenland. This glacier is named after Gullfaxi, the golden-maned horse of Norse mythology. Guldfaxe is a large, active...
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    before transfer to civilian use by Flugfélag Íslands in 1946 the cockpit of Gullfaxi, Boeing 727 TF-FIE, the country's first jet aircraft, recovered from the...
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    Jötunheim, and the two have a horse race on their steeds Sleipnir and Gullfaxi (Gold-Mane). Odin wins; Hrungnir follows him back to the gates of Asgard...
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    Lungr, Marr, Vigg, Stuffr, Skaevadr, Blakkr, Thegn, Silfrtoppr, Fakr, Gullfaxi, Jor, and Blóðughófi. Horses belonging to the Aesir gods are mentioned...
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    "How the Wicked Tanuki was Punished" "The Crab and the Monkey" "The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder" "The Story of the Sham Prince, or the Ambitious...
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    as Ríg offering horses to all his people in Rígsþula, and Thor giving Gullfaxi to his son Magni after fighting Hrungnir in Skáldskaparmál. Merseburg charms...
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    Brow and The Bird 'Grip', by a dead man whom he had aided; in The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder, in an unusual reversal, by his stepmother. In...
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    Kingdom 145 Sunk 2 July 1918 Erme  United Kingdom 116 Sunk 6 July 1918 Gullfaxi  Iceland 46 Sunk 28 August 1918 Pauline  Russia 134 Sunk 1 September 1918...
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  • Thurn-Basberg was then in charge of the radio station Gullfaks, named after Gullfaxi of Norse mythology. It was operated from different places in Bærumsmarka...
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  • Intelligence Service with the illegal radio transmitter Gullfaks. Named after Gullfaxi of Norse mythology, Gullfaks was operated from different places in Bærumsmarka...
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  • Retrieved 14 October 2012. "Bertrand". Uboat.net. Retrieved 25 December 2012. "Gullfaxi". Uboat.net. Retrieved 10 October 2012. "Port Hardy". Uboat.net. Retrieved...
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