Gulltoppr

Template:Short description In Norse mythology, Gulltoppr (Old Norse: {{#invoke:IPA|main}}, "golden mane"<ref name=SIMEK122>Simek (2007:122).</ref>) is one of the horses of the gods. Gulltoppr is mentioned in a list of horses in the Poetic Edda poem Grímnismál and in Nafnaþulur section of the Prose Edda. According to Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, he is the horse of Heimdallr. Rudolf Simek theorizes that Snorri assigned a horse to Heimdall in an attempt to systematize the mythology.<ref name=SIMEK122/>

See also

• Horses in Germanic paganism
• List of horses in mythology and folklore

References

• Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer. Template:ISBN

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