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  2. List of valkyrie names - Wikipedia

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    The Old Norse poems Völuspá, Grímnismál, Darraðarljóð, and the Nafnaþulur section of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál provide lists of valkyrie names. Other valkyrie names appear solely outside these lists, such as Sigrún (who is attested in the poems Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and Helgakviða Hundingsbana II).

  3. Valkyrie - Wikipedia

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    The Old Norse poems Völuspá, Grímnismál, Darraðarljóð and the Nafnaþulur section of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, provide lists of valkyrie names. In addition, some valkyrie names appear solely outside of these lists, such as Sigrún (who is attested in the poems Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and Helgakviða Hundingsbana II).

  4. Wikipedia : Featured list candidates/List of valkyrie names ...

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    The problem is that there are a lot of valkyries in Wagner and a lot of valkyries in anime, video games, and manga, for example. This article is specifically about valkyries in Norse mythology. :bloodofox: 19:00, 10 February 2009 (UTC) OK, just "List of Valkyries in Norse mythology" (removing the names part).

  5. Skögul and Geirskögul - Wikipedia

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    The name Skögul is common as a valkyrie name in kennings. Examples include: borð Sköglar "board of Skögul" (shield) dynr Sköglar "din of Skögul" (battle, e.g. in Glymdrápa) eldr Sköglar "fire of Skögul" (sword) gagl Sköglar "gosling of Skögul" (raven) kápa Sköglar "cape of Skögul" (byrnie)

  6. Sigrún - Wikipedia

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    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. The hero Helgi Hundingsbane first meets her when she leads a band of nine Valkyries:

  7. Hildr - Wikipedia

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    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. [2]

  8. 500 mythology names to give your baby a powerful start in life

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    Luna, for example, is a name from Roman mythology and is the number 10 ranked name for baby girls. Others, like Eleuthia, have never cracked the top 1,000 list of boys ’ or girl s’ names in ...

  9. Einherjar - Wikipedia

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    In Norse mythology, the einherjar (singular einheri; literally "army of one", "those who fight alone") [1] [2] are those who have died in battle and are brought to Valhalla by valkyries. In Valhalla, the einherjar eat their fill of the nightly resurrecting beast Sæhrímnir, and valkyries bring them mead from the udder of the goat Heiðrún.