Hildr

Hildr

Hildr is a valkyrie in Norse mythology. Hildr is attested in Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda as Högni's daughter and Hedin's wife in the legend of Hedin and Högni. She had the power to revive the dead in battlefields and used it to maintain the everlasting battle between Hedin and Högni.

Hildr is also mentioned along with other valkyries in Völuspá, Darraðarljóð and other Old Norse poems. In Old Norse the word "hildr" is a common noun meaning "battle" and it is not always clear when the poets had the valkyrie in mind, as a personification of battle.

References

* Brodeur, Arthur Gilchrist (transl.) (1916). "The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson". New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation. "Available online at http://www.northvegr.org/lore/prose/index.php".
* Finnur Jónsson (1931). "Lexicon Poeticum". S. L. Møllers Bogtrykkeri, København.


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