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Darraðarljóð is a skaldic poem in Old Norse found in chapter 157 of Njáls saga.It consists of 11 stanzas recounting the vision of a man named Dörruð, in which twelve valkyries weave and choose who is to be slain at the Battle of Clontarf (fought outside Dublin in 1014).
"The Ride of the Valkyrs" (1909) by John Charles Dollman. In Norse mythology, Herfjötur (Old Norse: Herfjǫtur, "war-fetter", [1] "host-fetter" [2] or "fetter of the army" [3]) is a valkyrie. Herfjötur is attested as among the 13 valkyries listed in the Poetic Edda poem Grímnismál, and in the longer of the two Nafnaþulur lists found in the ...
Valkyrie (1908) by Stephan Sinding located in Churchill Park at Kastellet in Copenhagen, Denmark. In the poem Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar, a prose narrative says that an unnamed and silent young man, the son of the Norwegian King Hjörvarðr and Sigrlinn of Sváfaland, witnesses nine valkyries riding by while sitting atop a burial mound.
The poem Hákonarmál is then provided. [16] In Hákonarmál, Óðinn sends forth the two valkyries Göndul and Skögul to "choose among the kings' kinsmen" and who in battle should dwell with Óðinn in Valhalla. A battle rages with great slaughter. Haakon and his men die in battle, and they see the valkyrie Göndul leaning on a spear shaft.
The basis of the text appears to be a poem dealing with Sigurd's finding of Brynhild, but only five stanzas (2-4, 20-21) deal with this narrative directly. Stanza 1 is probably taken from another poem about Sigurd and Brynhild. Many critics have argued that it is taken from the same original poem as stanzas 6-10 of Helreid Brynhildar.
John Locke (1847–1889) was an Irish writer and Fenian activist, exiled to the United States, [1] and most famous for writing "Dawn on the Irish Coast", also known as "The Exiles Return, or Morning on the Irish coast".
An Academy Award is priceless to those who win.. But when you get down to brass tacks, a shiny Oscar statue costs roughly $400 to make, CBS News reports. Since 2016, the gold-covered trophies have ...
Sigrún appeared in the 2018 video game God of War, in which she is the Valkyrie Queen. She can be fought by the player after defeating eight other Valkyries. Her fight is considered to be one of the most difficult and demanding encounters in the franchise. [4] In 2022, she also appeared in God of War Ragnarök. But this time, she was an ally ...