In Danish folklore from the eighteenth and nineteenth century, there is mention of Helhest (Hel horse), a magical three-legged horse, which roams freely and spreads death, illness, and the plague. Jacob Grimm (1785-1863), a German philologist and mythologist, suggested that the horse is the steed of the goddess Hel/Hela, and that the legend could be traced back to Norse mythology.
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