Svaldilfari

I got the call this morning from John Deere - they would drop off the garden tractor today.   Four days!  In the spring it takes well over a month.   The tractor is now back in the shed.  New seat, new blades, and ready to go when spring comes to the Northwoods.  I named the garden tractor Svaldilfari after the work horse that helped build the walls of Asgard.  A jotun offered to build those walls in exchange for the sun, the moon, and the hand of the goddess Frejya.  The Norse gods agreed (though Frejya was none too happy) but added the stipulations that the walls had to be built in the time frame of one season, the jotun could have no help, and if he failed all payment was forfeited.  The way they saw it, noone could manage building impenetrable walls in that time period but at least they would have the work partially done for free.   The jotun asked if he could use his stallion Svaldilfari and they agreed.  Svaldilfari was incredibly quick and strong so, with three days yet to go, the walls were almost done.   The gods had a meeting and told the god Loki to do something.  Loki turned himself into a mare and lured Svaldilfari away long enough that the walls didn't get completed in time.   The jotun was understandably incensed.  To shut him up the god Thor killed him with his hammer Mjolnir.  The union of Svaldilfari and Loki resulted in Loki giving birth to an eight legged colt named Sleipnir.  Treachery, Forced Marriage, Murder, Racial hatred, Gender issues - it's a wonder why book banning activists aren't calling for the censoring of myths.