Göndul
Göndul is a valkyrie whose name means 'wand-wielder' in Old Norse. She is listed among the valkyries ready to ride to the realm of the gods.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 CE
- Attested period
- 800 – 1300
- Historical notes
- Named in the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Geirskögul, Hrist, Mist, Skeggjöld, Hlökk, Herfjötur, Göll, Geirahöð, Randgríð, Ráðgríð, Reginleif, Bragi, Þrúðr, Skuld, Gunnr, Hildr, Hermóðr
- aspect of
- valkyries
- allied with
- Skögul
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Göndul ('wand-wielder')...ladies of the War Lord, ready to ride, valkyries”
#14715 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“One day he met a beautiful woman sitting on a chair who called herself Göndul. She told him of Högni, and agitated him to test his strength against the northerner. Hedinn soon met Göndul again, who asked him about what had happened since the last time. In his dream, he heard Göndul reveal that she was a valkyrie”
#15264 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“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.”
#38393 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001