The same evening when the smith drove out with his horse Svadilföri, to fetch stones, a mare ran out of the wood towards it and neighed to it. When the stallion saw what kind of horse this was he got wild, tore his ropes and ran towards it; the mare ran into the wood, and the smith followed and wanted to get hold of it, but the horses continued running all night, and no work was done that night; next day, as before, the work did not proceed. When the smith saw that the work could not be finished he got into Jötun-fury. When the Asar knew for certain that he was a Bergrisar (mountain jötun), they could not keep their oaths and called Thor; he came at once, and then the hammer Mjollnir went aloft; he paid him for the work, not by giving him the sun and moon, but by preventing him from living in Jötunheimar; at his first blow the jötun’s skull was broken into small bits, and he was sent down to Nifl-hel. But Loki had had such dealings with Svadilföri that he gave birth to a foal; it was grey, and with eight feet, and it is the best horse among gods and men” (Gylfaginning, 41–42). Odin was believed not only to give victory to his favourites, but other gifts, and is represented as coming to the aid of his followers, in the guise of an one-eyed old man— Ride shall we To Valhalla, To the holy place. Let us ask the father of hosts To be kind (to us); He pays and gives Gold to his host; He gave to Hermód A helmet and brynja, And to Sigmund He gave a sword. He gives victory to his sons, And wealth to some; Eloquence to many, And wisdom to men; Fair winds to warriors, And song to poets, And luck in love To many a man. She (Freyja) will worship Thór, And ask him That he always Be at peace with thee; Though he is no friend To the jötun-brides.[92] [Hyndluljód.]