On Apr 2, 4:11 pm, Ingeborg S. Nord=E9n <isnor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Apr 2, 5:55 pm, pete m <pmac...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > After the previous comment, I thought of 'monstrous hoofbeats echo
> > through the underworld,' but I can't recall what time of day Sleipnir
> > makes his rounds.
>
> None of the Norse legends associate Odin's riding Sleipnir with a
> specific time of day, so that reference could be used for any time
> message. I'd probably delete the "underworld" reference, though,
> since Sleipnir has been associated with the wind (and Odin lives in
> Asgard, the local version of heaven).
I vaguely remembered Sleipnir making his own rounds once a day, to
carry dead heroes to the underworld.
In any case, 'Monstrous footsteps echo through the nine worlds' still
scans better than "You remember that..."
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