InNorse mythology,Gulltoppr (Old Norse:[ˈɡulːˌtopːz̠], "goldenmane"[1]) is one of the horses of the gods. Gulltoppr is mentioned in a list of horses in thePoetic Edda poemGrímnismál and inNafnaþulur section of theProse Edda. According toProse Edda bookGylfaginning, he is the horse ofHeimdallr.Rudolf Simek theorizes that Snorri assigned a horse to Heimdall in an attempt to systematize the mythology.[1]
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