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And what of the Sun and Moon? To give them up would spell disaster for the newly-created world. Naturally this offer was met with great objection, especially from Freyja, who had no intention of handing herself over like some party favor. “I ask for neither wealth nor material goods, but for Freyja’s hand in marriage and the Sun and the Moon,” the mason replied.

“And what payment do you ask for this?” inquired Odin, who knew true skill rarely came free. I can build you one to withstand the mightiest armies in no more than three seasons, should you accept my services.” “Your halls are fine and your city beautiful, but it would be all for nothing without a wall to protect it. The man introduced himself to the Aesir as a mason, a stone-worker of no small talent, and offered the gods a deal: One day a man came over the hills, accompanied by a large and powerful stallion. Valhalla sat vast in its emptiness, not yet filled with the souls of fallen warriors, and the gods and goddesses were just beginning to settle into the landscape of their lives. The story of Sleipnir begins in a time before time, when the world was young and the halls of Asgard newly-built. Never such a fine horse existed anywhere, not before his birth or since.

Shiny is his stormy-gray coat and so swift are his eight legs that he can travel through the sky and between realms. It’s the story of Sleipnir, the fastest of all horses.

A strange and old tale is told throughout the world, passed down through the ages as it ever was.