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List of valkyrie names. "Walkyrien" (1905) by Emil Doepler. In Norse mythology, a valkyrie (from Old Norse valkyrja "chooser of the fallen") is one of a host of female figures who decide who will die in battle. Selecting among half of those who die in battle (the other half go to the goddess Freyja 's afterlife field Fólkvangr), the valkyries ...
Göndul. "Walkyrien" (1905) by Emil Doepler. In Norse mythology, Göndul (Old Norse: Gǫndul, " wand -wielder" [1]) is a valkyrie. Göndul is attested in Heimskringla, Sörla þáttr, and a 14th-century Norwegian charm. In addition, Göndul appears within the valkyrie list in the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, in both of the two Nafnaþulur lists ...
In Norse mythology, Skögul (Old Norse: Skǫgul, "shaker" [1] or possibly "high-towering" [2]) and Geirskögul (Old Norse: Geirskǫgul, "spear-skögul" [3]) are valkyries who alternately appear as separate or individual figures. Both valkyries appear in Heimskringla where they seem to be the same being, and are otherwise listed separately in ...
A detail from the Smiss (I) stone, an image stone on Gotland. In Norse mythology, Hildr (Old Norse "battle" [1]) is a valkyrie. Hildr is attested in the Prose Edda as Högni's daughter and Hedin's wife in the Hjaðningavíg. She had the power to revive the dead in battlefields and used it to maintain the everlasting battle between Hedin and Högni.
Sigrún. A depiction of Sigrún with Helgi Hundingsbane (1919) by Robert Engels. Sigrún (Old Norse "victory rune " [1]) is a valkyrie in Norse mythology. Her story is related in Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and Helgakviða Hundingsbana II, in the Poetic Edda. The original editor annotated that she was Sváfa reborn.
In Norse mythology, a valkyrie (/ ˈvælkɪri / VAL-kirr-ee or / vælˈkɪəri / val-KEER-ee; [1][2] from Old Norse: valkyrja, lit. 'chooser of the slain') is one of a host of female figures who guide souls of the dead to the god Odin 's hall Valhalla. There, the deceased warriors become einherjar ('single fighters' or 'once fighters'). [3]
Gunnr. Gunnr (alternatively Guðr) is one of the named Valkyries in Norse mythology, specifically referenced in the Völuspá (st. 30/7; NK, p. 7), [1] Helgakviða Hundingsbana II (st. 7/4; NK, p. 152), [1] and the Prose Edda. Her name is an Old Norse term that translates to "battle".
The north portal of the 12th-century Urnes stave church has been interpreted as containing depictions of snakes and dragons that represent Ragnarök. [1]In Norse mythology, Ragnarök (/ ˈ r æ ɡ n ə r ɒ k / ⓘ RAG-nə-rok or / ˈ r ɑː ɡ-/ RAHG-; [2] [3] [4] Old Norse: Ragnarǫk [ˈrɑɣnɑˌrɒk]) is a foretold series of impending events, including a great battle in which numerous ...