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In Norse mythology, a valkyrie (from Old Norse valkyrja "chooser of the fallen") is one of a host of female figures who decide who will die in battle. Selecting among half of those who die in battle (the other half go to the goddess Freyja 's afterlife field Fólkvangr ), the valkyries bring their chosen to the afterlife hall of the slain ...
Frigg ( / frɪɡ /; Old Norse: [ˈfriɡː]) [ 1] is a goddess, one of the Æsir, in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about her, she is associated with marriage, prophecy, clairvoyance and motherhood, and dwells in the wetland halls of Fensalir. In wider Germanic mythology, she is known in Old High ...
In Norse mythology, Iðunn is a goddess associated with apples and youth. Iðunn is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, she is described as the wife of the skaldic god Bragi, and in the Prose Edda, also ...
Eir. Menglöð sits with the nine maidens, including Eir, on Lyfjaberg (1893) by Lorenz Frølich. In Norse mythology, Eir ( Old Norse: [ˈɛir], "protection, help, mercy" [ 1]) is a goddess or valkyrie associated with medical skill. Eir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the Prose Edda ...
Ingrid is a feminine given name. It continues the Old Norse name Ingiríðr, which was a short form of Ingfríðr, composed of the theonym Ing and the element fríðr "beloved; beautiful" common in Germanic feminine given names. [ 1] The name Ingrid (more rarely in the variant Ingerid, Ingris or Ingfrid; short forms Inga, Inger, Ingri) remains ...
Freya is an Old Norse feminine given name derived from the name of the Old Norse word for noble lady ( Freyja ). The theonym of the goddess Freyja is thus considered to have been an epithet in origin, replacing a personal name that is now unattested. [ 1][ 2] Freya, along with its variants, has been a popular name in recent years in English ...
In Norse mythology, Huginn ( Old Norse "thought" [ 1]) and Muninn (Old Norse "memory" [ 2] or "mind" [ 3]) are a pair of ravens that fly all over the world, Midgard, and bring information to the god Odin. Huginn and Muninn are attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources: the Prose Edda and ...
Sigrid. Sigrid / ˈsiːɡrɪd / is a Scandinavian given name for women from Old Norse Sigríðr , composed of the elements sigr "victory" and fríðr "beautiful". [ 1] Common short forms include Siri, Sigga, Sig, and Sigi. An Estonian and Finnish variant is Siiri. The Latvian version of the name is Zigrīda.