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Gná and Hófvarpnir

Gná is a figure in Norse mythology, known as a messenger goddess associated with the goddess Frigg. Her name is often interpreted as meaning "the wanderer" or "the runner," reflecting her role as a swift and reliable messenger. In Old Norse, her name is Gná, which does not have a direct translation in Hebrew. In German, it is sometimes transliterated as Gna, and in Icelandic, it remains Gná. Gná is mentioned in the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, where she is described riding through the air and over the sea on the horse Hófvarpnir, which can leap incredibly high and long. Her role as a messenger underscores the importance of communication and the divine connection between different realms in Norse cosmology.

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Gná and Hófvarpnir
Goddess and horse in Norse mythology
Gná and Hófvarpnir
In Norse mythology, Gná is a goddess who runs errands in other worlds for the goddess Frigg and rides the flying, sea-treading horse Hófvarpnir. Gná and Hófvarpnir are attested in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. Scholarly have proposed that Gná is a "goddess of fullness" and, in the 1800s, as potentially cognate to Fama from Roman mythology. Hófvarpnir and the eight-legged steed Sleipnir have been cited examples of transcendent horses in Norse mythology.
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