Character Development

One of the main characters in this myth is obviously me, so I won't go into much detail on that. If you forgot what I look like, you can go look at my first post. (I will also be very angry.) Another one of the main guys is the stone-mason who is a giant (Called a Jotun) in disguise. He comes along to help build the wall around Asgard in return for the sun, the moon, and Freyja. When he does not finish building the walls, he gets really mad and shows his true Jotun form. We call for Thor, and he smashes the Jotun's head into "little crumbs" with his hammer.

Another of the characters is the trickster Loki. As usual, Loki tricks someone to get what he wants, but in this story, he actually ends up helping out. He comes up with a plan to keep the Jotun stone-mason from finishing the wall around Asgard by transforming into a mare and leading the Jotun's stallion away so the stone-mason has to pull the stone to the wall himself. He leads the stallion into the woods and returns a few months later with a gift - my horse Sleipnir.

A fourth major character is Thor. Thor shows up briefly at the end of this myth to do what he does best - smashing the Jotun's head with his hammer. Thor is the big strong protector of Asgard. He's also my son! I'm really proud of him, even though he's not the smartest...

And, of course, there's my wonderful horse Sleipnir. Even though he was born from Loki, he's still really cool. He's got eight legs, is the fastest horse in the world, and can travel on land, sea, or sky. In a lot of traditional picture sources, he has four legs split at the knee to make eight. Here's a picture of me riding him. A painting, not a photograph.

 

All horses should have eight legs.