Hildr
Hildr is a valkyrie whose name means 'battle' in Old Norse. She is listed among the valkyries ready to ride to the realm of the gods and also appears in lists of valkyries who bear ale to the einherjar.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 1300
- Historical notes
- Named in multiple Poetic Edda poems including Völuspá and Grímnismál.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Göndul, Geirskögul, Hrist, Mist, Högni, Hedinn, Skeggjöld, Hlökk, Herfjötur, Göll, Geirahöð, Randgríð, Ráðgríð, Reginleif, Sæhrímnir, Andhrímnir, Þrúðr, Skuld, Gunnr, Loki, Freyja, Skögul, Vafþrúðnir, Oðinn
- aspect of
- valkyries
- child of
- Högni
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Hildr ('battle')...valkyries who he says 'bear ale to the einherjar'”
#14714 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The battle of Högni and Heðinn is recorded in several medieval sources, including the skaldic poem Ragnarsdrápa, Skáldskaparmál (section 49), and Gesta Danorum: king Högni's daughter, Hildr, is kidnapped by king Heðinn. When Högni comes to fight Heðinn on an island, Hildr comes to offer her father a necklace on behalf of Heðinn for peace; but the two kings still battle, and Hildr resurrects the fallen to make them fight until Ragnarök.”
#15091 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Ivar went to see Hildr, but she had vanished.”
#15268 · 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.”
#38370 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001