File:Odin holding Gungnir atop Sleipnir by Frølich.jpg

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Description Odin rides atop the horse Sleipnir (here depicted with four legs rather than his characteristic eight), holding his spear Gungnir. Odin is presumably riding to find information about his son Baldr's bad dreams, and the image appears on the title page of this translation of Baldrs draumar.
Date published 1895
Source Published in Gjellerup, Karl (1895). Den ældre Eddas Gudesange. Scanned from a 2001 reprint by bloodofox (talk · contribs).
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Lorenz Frølich  (1820–1908)  wikidata:Q373753 s:en:Author:Lorenz Frølich
 
Lorenz Frølich
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Frölich, Lorentz
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Date of birth/death 25 October 1820 Edit this at Wikidata 25 October 1908 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Copenhagen Hellerup
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