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Herfjötur

"The Ride of the Valkyrs" (1909) by [[John Charles Dollman]].

In Norse mythology, Herfjötur (Old Norse: Herfjǫtur, "war-fetter", "host-fetter" or "fetter of the army") 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 Prose Edda.

Rudolf Simek says the name is kenning-like and that the name likely refers to the "fortune determining function of the valkyries especially in battle."

Notes

References

Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell.
Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer

References

"An Icelandic-English Dictionary". Oxford University Press.
Orchard (1997:194).
Simek (2007:142).
Simek points to a connection between the name and the [[Idis (Germanic)

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