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Herfjötur

angelic sky Norse single tradition · 3

Herfjötur is a valkyrie whose name means 'host-fetter' in Old Norse. She is listed among the valkyries who bear ale to the einherjar in Valhalla.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Named in the Poetic Edda poem Grímnismál.

Relationships

aspect of
valkyries
serves
Odin, Einherjar
co occurs with
dísir, Idisi, Göll, Geirahöð, Randgríð, Ráðgríð, Reginleif, Sæhrímnir, Andhrímnir, Skuld, Gunnr, Göndul, Geirskögul, Hrist, Mist, Iðunn, Þrúðr, Skögul, Hildr, Skeggjöld, Hlökk, Vafþrúðnir, Oðinn

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (3)
  1. Valkyrie
  2. Idis (Germanic)
  3. Einherjar

Source passages

“Herfjötur ('host-fetter')...valkyries who he says 'bear ale to the einherjar'”

#14722 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Simek says that "these Idisi are obviously a kind of valkyrie, as these also have the power to hamper enemies in Norse mythology" and points to a connection with the valkyrie name Herfjötur (Old Norse "army-fetter").”

#26208 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Further into Grímnismál, Odin gives a list of valkyries (Skeggjöld, Skögul, Hildr, Þrúðr, Hlökk, Herfjötur, Göll, Geirahöð, Randgríð, Ráðgríð, and Reginleif), and states that they bear ale to the einherjar.”

#38373 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001