Description During the first war, the Vanir had reduced the walls of sgar to rubble.After the gods had established the nine worlds, a master builder came to them in sgar. He offered to build a fortification around sgar that would be secure against the giants, even if they should come from the direction of Migar. The builder promised to complete the job in three seasons, and as payment, he asked for Freyja to be his bride, and to receive the sun and the moon.The gods assembled in council and came up with a counteroffer. They proposed that the builder would receive his payment only if he completed the job in one season and did so without assistance from any man. The builder's payment would be forfeit if the job were not completed on the first day of summer.The builder agreed to the offer if he could use his stallion, Svailfari, to help him on the job. Loki convinced the gods to accept this offer to make their world safe from attacks by giants. Oaths were made and witnesses invoked to bind the agreement. On the first day of winter, the builder started work. By night, he hauled the stones with Svailfari, and by day, he set the stones in place. All the sir were amazed at how quickly the work progressed. At the end of winter, the walls were so high that they were impregnable. Three days before the beginning of summer, only the entrance to the walled fortification remained to be done. The gods assembled in council to decide what was to be done. It was clear by this time that the builder must be a giant. No one else could have completed the work so quickly. The thought of losing not only Freyja to the giants, but also the sun and the moon, was too much to bear. Something had to be done. The gods agreed that the person most responsible for this decision was Loki. They declared that Loki would face death if he did not devise some scheme to cause the builder to forfeit his payment.That evening, as the builder drove Svailfari out for more stone, Loki, in the guise of a mare,