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Other Valkyries

I have already written articles on the Valkyries Brynhild, Gudrun and Sigrun, so here are a list of other Valkyries, where only their names survived but they have no myths of their own.

The following Valkyries were found in a list of Snorri Sturluson's Gylfaginning in the Prose Edda.

They served as mead-maidens to the Einheriar in Valhalla:

Hrist ("shaker"),

Mist ("cloud"),

Skeggiold ("axe-age"),

Skogul ("shaker"),

Hild ("battle"),

Thrud ("power"),

Hlokk ("noise" or "battle"),

Herfiotur ("host-fetter"),

Goll ("tumult"),

Geirahod ("spear-fight"),

Randgrid ("shield-truce"),

Radgrid ("counsel-truce"),

Reginleif ("power-truce").

The Valkyries, who rode into the battlefield, were responsible for allotting death and governing victory. Two of them were mentioned: Gunn or Guinn ("war") and Rota. They rode with the youngest Norn Skuld, who was also a Valkyrie.

These are called valkyries. Odin sends them to every battle. They allot death to men and govern victory. Gunn and Rota and the youngest norn, called Skuld, always ride to choose who shall be slain and to govern the killings.

Gylfaginning 35 (Prose Edda)

In the second poem of Helgi Hundingsbani, Gunn was mentioned to have sisters (names not given), who were most likely Valkyries as well.

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